Fall
A decrease in prices, more or less considerable, in a product market.
Cafuche
In Colombia, a lower quality or badly brewed coffee.
Aged coffee plantation
Coffee trees growing in the sun older than 9 years or totally or partially shade-grown older than 12 years.
Coffee farming
Agricultural activity whose purpose is cultivation and production of coffee.
Coffee tree
A tree that produces coffee.
Mild coffee
Arabica coffee characterized by producing a soft drink (pronounced acidity and aroma and moderate bitterness). The main Arabica coffee varieties in Colombia are: Typica, Bourbon, Maragogipe, Tabi, Caturra and Castillo.
Coffee plantation with modern agricultural practices
Plantation with layout and density greater than or equal to 2,500 trees of the varieties Caturra and Castillo per hectare.
Coffee plantation
Area or place planted with coffee trees.
Adult coffee plantation
Plantation of coffee trees older than 3 years
Specialty coffee
In Colombia, it is coffee valued by consumers for its consistent, verifiable and sustainable attributes and for which they are willing to pay higher prices that translate into greater producers’ well-being. These features are given by origin of coffee (origin category), its production in harmony with the environment (sustainable category), and commitment to social development […]