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The Coffee Atlas
Colombia Cundinamarca
Colombia Cundinamarca, the Andean department around Bogota, grows washed, peach-and-caramel coffee at roughly 1,200-2,000 m, with two sourced cupping reviews.
Flavor profile
avg. of 2 published reviewsScale: 1-10, Coffee Review / SCA-classic-form convention. Averaged from 2 independently published, dated Coffee Review scores of Cundinamarca lots, both from OQ Coffee Co.: Las Delicias Farms Colombia (March 2016, 93 points) and Buena Vista Farm Colombia (April 2015, 90 points). Small-N and same-roaster, so this is not a department-wide sample: both are specialty-grade lots roasted to medium or medium-light and reviewed a decade ago, and individual lots vary by farm, variety, and processing detail.
What it tastes like
Cundinamarca is the department wrapped around Bogota, and it is one of the older coffee regions in Colombia. Crema’s regional profile dates coffee’s arrival to around 1860, when farmers moved off a failing indigo trade and built large estates near the capital. Today it is mostly small farms on the Andean slopes, and it rarely appears on a bag by name.
The two Coffee Review lots behind this entry both come from OQ Coffee Co. and point the same way: delicate and sweet rather than heavy. Las Delicias Farms, a washed blend of Typica, Caturra, Castillo, Bourbon, and Colombia, earned 93 points for peach, lemon zest, cedar, cacao nib, and narcissus under a juicy, lightly tart acidity. Buena Vista scored 90 and read crisper and more cedary, with hazelnut, caramel, and lavender-like flowers.
Altitude is trade-sourced rather than official. An importer listing and roaster pages put the growing band at roughly 1,200 to 2,000 meters, and the individual lots we found, at 1,600 and 1,850-1,954 meters, sit comfortably inside it. Several of those listings blend Cundinamarca with neighboring Boyaca, so a bag that names only Cundinamarca is worth reading closely.
With only two reviews from a single roaster, treat the scores as a sketch of the style, not a verdict on the department. The practical takeaway is that a named Cundinamarca lot tends toward soft fruit and caramel sweetness, and a bag labeled only “Colombian” tells you far less.
How to brew it
Method fit for this origin · editorial guidance from roaster convention
A filter brew keeps the delicate peach, citrus, and floral notes the sourced reviews describe clear and distinct.
Caramel and nutty sweetness with moderate acidity pull acceptably as a single-origin shot, though the more delicate floral notes tend to get lost.
Immersion adds body and emphasizes the caramel and cocoa side, at the cost of the lighter fruit and floral top notes.
⚠ Fit tiers are editorial guidance drawn from roaster convention; no industry standard scores brew fit, so we show tiers, never invented numbers. Reflects brew guidance commonly published by specialty roasters for washed Colombian coffees, not an SCA-defined standard.
Altitude & region
Growing elevation, meters above sea level · this entry vs comparison bands
Cundinamarca's own band above is a trade-sourced range corroborated by an importer listing and roaster lot pages (see Sources & data), not an official registration figure, and the two listings that state it also cover neighboring Boyaca. Colombia Huila, Colombia Tolima, and Brazil Cerrado are shown for scale using the bands already published elsewhere in this Atlas, not a lot-specific measurement.
Caffeine content
Caffeine by dry weight · each gold dot = 0.1%
Caffeine content tracks species, not origin, altitude, or processing: Arabica generally carries noticeably less caffeine than Robusta. This entry is 100% Arabica; no credible per-origin caffeine figure exists at a category level, so any species comparison is by species only, not a measurement of this specific lot.
Where to buy it
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Topeka, Kansas roaster that has offered Cundinamarca lots from the La Palma y El Tucan mill and its neighboring-farm program, such as Finca El Recuerdo (1,600 m). Browse the shop for the current Colombia lot.
View lot→Phoenix roaster whose washed, medium-roast Colombia Bella Vista (Cundinamarca and Boyaca, 1,850-1,954 m) was listed with peanut brittle, rose, and molasses notes. Check the shop for the current Colombia.
View lot→Selection is wide and inconsistent for this specific department: check roast dates, confirm the bag actually names Cundinamarca rather than generic Colombian, and read recent seller reviews before buying.
View lot→Sources & data
- Coffee Review: Las Delicias Farms Colombia, OQ Coffee Co.Cupping scores (1 of 2 averaged); March 2016, 93 points; Cundinamarca; Typica, Caturra, Castillo, Bourbon, Colombia; washed; peach, lemon zest, cedar, cacao nib, narcissus
- Coffee Review: Buena Vista Farm Colombia, OQ Coffee Co.Cupping scores (2 of 2 averaged); April 2015, 90 points; Cundinamarca; hazelnut, caramel, lavender-like flowers, kumquat; processed at the La Palma y El Tucan wet mill
- StoneX Specialty Coffee: Colombia Cattleya Excelso EPAltitude (1,200-2,000 m), varieties (Colombia, Castillo, Caturra), washed; sourced from smallholders in Cundinamarca's Tequendama province and Boyaca's Lengupa province
- The Way To Coffee: Colombia Bella Vista, Press Coffee RoastersAltitude cross-check (1,850-1,954 m) for a washed Cundinamarca and Boyaca lot; tasting notes
- Crema: PT's Coffee, Colombia El RecuerdoAltitude cross-check (1,600 m) for a Cundinamarca Bourbon lot, semi-washed, from the neighboring-farm program of La Palma y El Tucan
- Crema: Colombia CundinamarcaRegional history (coffee arrived circa 1860, replacing indigo, with large estates near Bogota) and climate (average 21 C, 75% relative humidity, at least 1,600 sun hours a year)