Colombian Excelso and Supremo Coffee Beans

Excelso is a Colombian coffee size grading of the beans, being slightly smaller than the Supremo grade, but otherwise identical in composition and flavor. Both Colombian Excel and Colombian Supremo may in fact come from the same farm and even tree, but are just different in size and so get classified different.

When roasting, the minor size variations between the supremo and excel grade should be taken into account, but will not have a noticeable impact on flavor.

Fine Colombian coffees are respected for their bright acidity and good body, and are typically very well-balanced. Lower grade Colombian coffees are more generic though still tend to have a mild and clean flavor.

Also see Colombian Coffee.

Green Coffee Production

Year	60kg bags	Coffee grown
2016	14,500,000 bags	1,914,000,000 pounds
2015	14,009,152 bags	1,849,208,117 pounds
2014	13,339,470 bags	1,760,809,974 pounds
2013	12,163,125 bags	1,605,532,526 pounds
2012	9,926,786 bags	1,310,335,686 pounds

Green Coffee Exports

Year	60kg bags	Coffee exported
2016	0	0 pounds
2015	12,301,570	1,623,807,240 pounds
2014	12,280,930	1,621,082,760 pounds
2013	10,842,070	1,431,153,240 pounds
2012	8,842,080	1,167,154,560 pounds

Data may not be available for the most recent year.
Source: ICO

Facts

Colombia is the #3 largest coffee growing country in the world, in 2015 they...
produced 1,849,208,117 lbs
exported 1,623,807,240 lbs
That's over 88% exported!

Sounds like a lot? It's actually 9.3% of the coffee grown worldwide.

Colombia coffee is grown on mountainside "fincas" (farms) at 1200 to 2000 meters above sea level
(that's 3,937 to 6,562 ft)


Source: ICO