Third core department of the Eje Cafetero, with the city of Pereira as one of the axis's main centres.
Risaralda completes the three-department core of the Eje Cafetero, and its city Pereira is one of the axis's four main urban centres. UNESCO inscribed the Coffee Cultural Landscape in 2011.
Field notes
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At Cenicafé's La Catalina station in Pereira (1,350 m), 69-72% of the Caturra and Colombia harvest comes in July-December, with October the peak at 24-34%.
- ii
A natural Gesha from Mikava farm in the Risaralda region won the 2019 Colombia North Cup of Excellence with a score of 92.71, which the program called record-breaking.
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.
- Colombian coffee growing axis · Wikipedia
- Coffee Cultural Landscape (Colombia Travel) · Colombia Travel (ProColombia)
- ¿Cómo se distribuye anualmente la cosecha de las variedades Caturra y Colombia? (Avance Técnico 260) · Cenicafé (FNC)
- Cup of Excellence Colombia reports record result (2019) · Alliance for Coffee Excellence