Huila

Huila, in the southern Colombian Andes along the upper Magdalena, is the country's largest specialty department and the usual home of Cup of Excellence winners. Its main harvest runs late in the year with a mitaca fly crop in mid-year.

Country
Colombia
Altitude
not published
Harvest
Apr–Julmain crop
Location
2.80° N75.45° W · Wikidata

What grows here

Harvest months

  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec

Main crop

Sources disagree: Huila main crop

Huila: sources disagree. Mercanta groups Huila with Nariño in the south (main crop when the centre has its fly crop, i.e. roughly April-June); Cafe Imports lists Huila's main crop as November-January with a May-July fly crop.

Varieties

CastilloColombiaCaturraTypicaBourbonTabi

Processing

Washed (wet, fully washed)

Elsewhere in Colombia

Colombia: 13.4M bags a year