| Coffee was first introduced to Colombia
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| | coffee producing country but Colombia's
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| around the same time Jesuit priests first
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| | coffee still remains some of the best and
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| began arriving from Europe in the mid
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| | most well known throughout the world.
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| 16th century. The leaders of Colombia
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| | This is largely due to the very
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| tried to encouraged people to grow
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| | successful marketing campaign created by
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| coffee, but they met with resistance.
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| | the National Federation of Colombian
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| Worried that a coffee tree takes five
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| | Coffee Growers in 1959. They introduced
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| years to provide its first crop, they
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| | the world to the fictitious character
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| wondered how they were going to survive
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| | Juan Valdez. 85% of Americans still
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| during this period? A priest in a small
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| | associate Juan Valdez with Colombian
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| village named Francisco
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| | Coffee.
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| Romero had an idea, instead of the usual
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| | Colombian coffee is grown at high
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| penance at confession, he told them to
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| | altitudes and tended to with care
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| plant 3 or 4 coffee trees. The
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| | intercropped in the shade of banana and
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| Archbishop of Colombia ordered everyone
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| | rubber trees. Colombian coffee is known
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| to use this penance thinking it was an
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| | to be among the best in the world, with a
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| excellent idea and it became the general
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| | rich, full-bodied, and perfectly balanced
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| practice. This started Colombia as the
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| | taste. The rich volcanic soil in the arid
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| worlds second largest coffee producing
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| | mountains of Colombia produce ideal
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| country built on the penance of its
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| | conditions for growing high quality
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| forefathers.
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| | coffee. Colombian coffees are grown in
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| Colombia began exporting coffee and in
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| | two main regions; The region of Medellin,
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| 1835 exported around 2500 bags to the
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| | Armenia and Manizales (MAM), in central
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| U.S. By 1875 Colombia was now exporting
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| | Colombian are more heavy bodied, rich in
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| 170,000 bags to U.S. and Europe. In 1992
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| | flavor with fine, balanced acidity. The
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| exports of coffee topped at 17,000,000
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| | area near Bogotá and Bucaramanga which
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| bags, and are currently around 11,000,000
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| | is more mountainous in the east produce
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| bags per year.
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| | an even richer, heavier and less acidic
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| Vietnam has recently taken over from
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| | coffee and are the finest ofthe two
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| Colombia as the world's second largest
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| | regions.
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