- Catalogue altitude
- 1,600–2,000 m · 6 of 16 catalogue coffees report altitude. This sample does not establish the full growing range.
- Climate
- generally temperate and healthy; cold in elevated areas with frost in December-January months
- Terrain
- mountainous with Sierra Madre foothills; multiple volcanic peaks (Jumay, Monterrico, Alzatate); altiplanos and beautiful valleys; high plateaus
- Soil
- volcanic rocks from Tertiary period (Mio-Pliocene), tuffs, lava flows, volcanic sediments; Quaternary alluviums
- Varieties
- Geisha · Pacamara · Red Geisha · Catuaí
- Base process
- Washed · Natural
- Conditions and additional steps
- Anaerobic (sealed, no oxygen)
Coffee among primary crops along with corn, beans, rice, potato, yuca, chili, banana, tobacco, sugarcane, wheat; volcanic terrain with multiple rivers