Did you know that Germans drink more coffee than water? That’s right! According to DW, Germans drink more coffee than water or beer, despite being the beer country par excellence. The incredible love of the Germans for coffee, create one of the bridges that link our economy, culture and of course our table. For the year 2021 the main export product to Germany was Colombian coffee ($239M), corresponding to 26.7% of the total exported products.
The first coffee supplier in Germany is Brazil, followed by Colombia. The coffee market in Germany is growing in a very interesting way, it is consumed and purchased in different ways, either whole, ground or roasted and has found a niche of consumers who like to taste good coffee in the morning with different flavors and smells citrus, floral, fruity, dried fruit, chocolate, at home but also explore new places where baristas surprise us with specialized colombian coffee, here are the best 7 coffee shops in Munich. In addition, after the pandemic, the social consumption of coffee outside the home in Germany also changed profoundly, the reopening of coffee shops, bars, restaurants, hotels, among other places, showed a growth of about 45% compared to the previous year (the first year of the pandemic where the COVID restrictions placed a brake on the way we socialized and related to food inside and outside the home).
What is so special about Colombian coffee with respect to other coffees? It is precisely the variety of our geography that has allowed us to findon colombian coffee at different altitudes. According to the National Federation of Coffee in Colombia, the plantations are found in all the cardinal points of the country, from 800m in the mountains, to touching the sky at altitudes of 2,200 meters above sea level. The variety of the lands where the best colombian coffee beans of the Arabica variety are planted and , cared for, harvested and selected, are the fruit of more than five hundred thousand Colombian families that work in the mountains throughout the Colombian territory. The artisan work of both the planters and the coffee pickers is a fundamental piece that guarantees the quality of each one of the coffee beans that reach our table. The main varieties of Arabica coffee grown in Colombia are: Típica, Borbón, Maragogype, Tabi, Caturra and Colombia. The first four are tall varieties (they grow to a greater height) and the other two are short varieties.
To conclude I would like to leave you with a great treasure, the best tips for choosing and preparing your coffee, according to the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia, whether at home you have to prepare the best Colombian coffeeFrench press, a mocha, a coffee maker or more sophisticated and specialized devices such as the Aeropress or Chemex.
