Category: Country Profiles

This is our encyclopedic overview of each coffee-producing nation, with a dedicated page and introductory information for each. We continue to work to update these as some were written a while back! These are our coffee origin country pages…

Timor

Timor Leste is the independent nation occupying the eastern half of the island, with the western portion being a part of former foe, Indonesia.

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Dominican Republic

Good news, Sammy Sosa …the Dominican produces more than mild cigars. It has a tradition of coffee production that dates back several centuries now.

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Costa Rica

If there is a problem with Costa Rica coffee, it’s the fact that it can lack distinction; it is straightforward, clean, softly acidic, mild.

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Kenya

Kenya is the East African powerhouse of the coffee world. Both in the cup, and the way they run their trade, everything is topnotch.

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Peru

Peru has always possessed amazing potential to produce great quality coffee, yet excellent Peruvian coffees are rare. To some degree, the success of Peru coffee has been it’s downfall.

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Bolivia

There’s no better way to learn about a coffee-producing country than to visit, and yet you can spend a lot of time in Bolivia and still not understand the complex relationship between coffee and culture.

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Ecuador

Coffee has a long history in Ecuador. It was introduced in the early 19th century and became its main export in the early 20th century.

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Colombia

Colombia is a diverse group of growing regions spread from North to South along the three “cordilleras,” the mountain ranges that are the Northern extensions of the Andes.

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Honduras

Honduras coffee quality spans a huge range, from a lower-cost Central American blender coffee, to high-grown lots that rival good Guatemala coffees in acidity and flavor.

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India

Coffee was introduced into India through the Chikkamagaluru (Chikmagalur) district when the first coffee crop was grown in the Baba Budan Giri Hills during 1670 AD.

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