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.

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.

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 […]