Salento, a small town in the foothills of the Cordillera Central is coffee country, the center of Colombia's Zona Cafetera. It is here, that a vast majority of the country's annual 66 million tons of coffee is grown.In addition to their coffee, the growers of the area have recieved income from tourists as well. Today, most farms of Colombia and all around the globe are opened to visitors. The people are interested to learn exactly how these products are produced on this land.
Other places in which you can find great lands of coffee production include:
-Villa Luz Farm: Farmers grow and process their coffee, then carry it into into Concordia on mule-back. In town, the yearly coffee harvest festival brings tourists and travelers who buy the region's many delicious coffees. Below is an overview of the farmed fields on the plantation, that have been cultivated for the past 50 years.
The published "Coffee Route" (the map shown below) is an organized route for travelers to follow, while touring through the coffee-growing region, tucked into the mountains southwest of Bogota.
The primary coffee growing regions in Colombia are:
- Popayan, Cauca
- Huila, San Augustin
- Antioquia, Medellin
- Quindio, Armenia
- Santander, Bucaramanga
- Magdelena, Sierra Nevada
- Nariño
-Brooke
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