Terras | Organic
PANCHE SIQUILA
A coffee of snow and flower
Location
Colombia | Tolima
Key descriptor
Citric
Process
Traditional Washed’ with aerobic fermentation
Species
Arabica
SCA Score
84.25 points
Drying technique
Mixed: in the sun in canopies and mechanically in guardiolas.
Variety
Castillo, Caturra and Colombia
Harvest months
Main: October to December
Mitaca: May to August
Screen
16/18
Altitude
1,500 – 1,900 m.a.s.l
Picking method
Selective Manual
Packaging
60 kg bags : GrainPro
ASSOCIATION IN THE REGION OF TOLIMA
Production
Panche Siquila coffee is produced by an association made up of traditional producers, traders, researchers and industrialists who seek to contribute to the generation of employment and the strengthening of the agricultural sector of coffee growing. The objective is to organize the region’s coffee growers, improving productivity and quality through technological research, thereby increasing the income of the growers’ families and improving their standard of living. Another of its points is to contribute to the improvement and sustainable management of the environment, through the use of organic inputs.
COFFEE REGION
Tolima
The coffee growing region of Tolima is located in the center-west of the country, bordering with the regions of Caldas, Cundinamarca, Cauca and Huila, in this region live 1.3 million inhabitants and its surface area is of 23,562 km², Tolima has 38 coffee growing districts among them Planadas, Ibagué, Chaparral, …, these districts are home to more than 60,000 families dedicated to coffee growing.These districts are home to more than 60,000 families dedicated to the cultivation of coffee. In total there are 106,742 hectares dedicated to the cultivation of coffee in the region, the most cultivated varietals are Castillo, Cenicafé 1, Colombia and Tabi. Tolima occupies the 3rd place as a coffee growing region in the country.
Location
Colombia
Surface 1,14 million km².
50 million inhabitants
23 coffee regions
931.746 hectares with coffee
Tolima
Surface area 23,562 km².
1,33 million inhabitants
38 coffee districts
106.742 hectares with coffee
