The Republic of Colombia is a country in South America. Coffee was first introduced into Colombia in the early 17th century by Jesuit priests who arrived with Spanish settlers.
Colombia boasts vast agricultural regions in the Andes, as well as a tropical climate appropriate for coffee farming. It utilizes up to 600,000 people in the coffee industry and produces 12% of the world's Arabica coffee. In 2007, the European Union granted Colombian coffee a Protected Geographical Indication status, and in 2011, UNESCO declared the Colombian Coffee Cultural Landscape a World Heritage site. Colombia to become the world's third-largest coffee exporter in 2019.
The Medellin Supremo is one of Colombia's top coffees, comparable to Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee despite its higher acidity. Some of Colombia's best coffees come from southern Colombia.
Colombians often meet friends and family over coffee in rural areas, and older people often chat for hours a day over a cup of coffee.In Colombia, coffee is generally consumed in much smaller quantities. The cup, usually a small plastic cup containing sweet black coffee, is called a tinto. This way of drinking coffee allows people to enjoy the best quality coffee.