Central department that Spanish Wikipedia ranks as Colombia's third-largest coffee producer, across 38 municipalities.
Tolima lies in the centre of Colombia, produces coffee in 38 municipalities and is described as the country's third-largest producer. Royal Coffee places it in the Central Zone, where much coffee has two harvest cycles: a main crop from September to December in the more northerly areas and from March to June in the more southerly ones. The Café de Tolima specification places the coffee zone at 1,000-2,000 m, on soils largely derived from volcanic ash. It splits the department into two harvest calendars: about three quarters of its municipalities pick the main crop in March-June with a mitaca in October-November, and the rest, including Líbano, pick in September-December with a mitaca in April-May.
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Four of the top seven lots at the 2023 Colombia Cup of Excellence came from Tolima, including the winner, Montreal, a washed Geisha that scored 90.61.
Within Tolima
Processing
Elsewhere in Colombia
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 Regions And Varieties · Royal Coffee
- Café de Colombia (Spanish Wikipedia) · Wikipedia
- Product specification for Café de Tolima (PGI, GB number F0102) · UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (gov.uk protected food names)
- Colombia 2023 (Cup of Excellence competition results) · Alliance for Coffee Excellence