Regional denomination of origin granted in 2013, with the Garzón municipality singled out for quality.
Café del Huila is one of six regional denominations of origin under Café de Colombia (Nariño, Cauca, Huila, Santander, Tolima and Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta). Spanish Wikipedia records it as granted on 16 April 2013 and singles out coffee from the municipality of Garzón.
Field notes
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The name also holds UK protection as a PGI, registered on 31 December 2020 under the UK-Andean countries trade agreement.
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Before the DO, the FNC sampled Huila in 2007 and 2008, and in 2009 took separate samples from the La Plata sector, the north zone and the south zone (2011 FNC presentation).
Sources · 4 Every sentence here was checked against a source we read. Taste notes are what guides describe, not promises about your bag. Last revised 2026-11-10. Some details here are less settled than others.
- Café de Colombia (Spanish Wikipedia) · Wikipedia
- Territory-linked coffee quality in Lengupá Province (Boyacá, Colombia): a case study toward a denomination of origin · Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
- Café del Huila (UK protected food names entry) · UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Geographical indications: the Colombian coffee regional denominations of origin (FNC presentation, June 2011) · Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia, for WIPO