Origin · Colombia
Huila
Southern Colombia
Colombia's most awarded department — sweet, complex washed coffees with caramel, red fruit, and bright acidity.
Huila, in southern Colombia where the Central and Eastern Andean cordilleras converge, is the country's largest and most decorated producing department, regularly dominating the Colombian Cup of Excellence. Tens of thousands of smallholders farm steep slopes from about 1,200 to over 2,000 metres around towns like Pitalito, Acevedo, and Garzón, growing Caturra, the rust-resistant Castillo and Colombia varieties, and increasingly Pink Bourbon. Two harvests a year — a main crop late in the year and the 'mitaca' around April–June — yield fully washed coffees defined by caramel and panela sweetness, red-fruit and citric acidity, and a rounded body. Huila exemplifies how Colombia's smallholder model and Andean geography combine to produce consistent, traceable specialty lots.
Climate
Equatorial Andean climate with two flowerings and two harvests per year.
Soil
Volcanic and sedimentary mountain soils on steep slopes.
Roasters sourcing from here
Vancouver, Canada
49th Parallel Coffee Roasters
Vancouver pioneer of Canadian direct trade and home of Lucky's Doughnuts.
Wake Forest, United States
Black & White Coffee Roasters
North Carolina roaster founded by two US Barista Champions.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
DAK Coffee Roasters
Amsterdam online-first roaster famous for striking design and adventurous coffees.
Stockholm, Sweden
Drop Coffee
Stockholm roaster and Swedish Nordic-roast standard-bearer led by Joanna Alm.
Berlin, Germany
Five Elephant
Berlin roaster known for direct sourcing and its famous cheesecake as much as its coffee.
Forlì, Italy
Gardelli Specialty Coffees
Award-laden Italian micro-roaster proving Italy can excel at modern light-roast specialty.
Tokyo, Japan
Glitch Coffee & Roasters
Tokyo roaster that championed bright, light, single-origin coffee in a tradition-bound market.
Portland, United States
Heart Coffee Roasters
Portland roaster that brought a clean, Nordic-influenced light-roast aesthetic to the US West Coast.
Chicago, United States
Intelligentsia Coffee
Chicago founder of US direct trade and a training ground for a generation of coffee professionals.
Aarhus, Denmark
La Cabra
Danish roaster known for extremely light, delicate roasting and minimalist design.
Grand Rapids, United States
Madcap Coffee Company
Grand Rapids roaster that put Midwest specialty coffee on the national map.
Zürich, Switzerland
MAME
Zürich roaster and café founded by a World Brewers Cup champion.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Manhattan Coffee Roasters
Rotterdam roaster known for adventurous, funky, competition-grade lots.
Melbourne, Australia
Market Lane Coffee
Melbourne roaster known for seasonal, transparent sourcing and refined cafés.
Rogers, United States
Onyx Coffee Lab
Northwest Arkansas roaster turned competition powerhouse and design-forward specialty leader.
Helston, United Kingdom
Origin Coffee
Pioneering Cornwall-based roaster, one of the UK's earliest specialty names.
Calgary, Canada
Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters
Engineering-minded Calgary roaster known for deep producer investment and precision.
Toronto, Canada
Pilot Coffee Roasters
Toronto's leading specialty roaster, originally founded as Te Aro.
Sydney, Australia
Single O
Sydney pioneer known for sustainability and brewing innovation, with a strong Japan presence.
London, United Kingdom
Square Mile Coffee Roasters
London roaster co-founded by World Barista Champion James Hoffmann.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The Coffee Collective
Copenhagen pioneer of Nordic light roasting and radical sourcing transparency.
Barcelona, Spain
Three Marks Coffee
Barcelona roaster known for competition-grade, experimental coffees.
Oslo, Norway
Tim Wendelboe
The Oslo micro-roastery that became shorthand for Nordic light roasting and farm-level sourcing.
Santa Cruz, United States
Verve Coffee Roasters
Santa Cruz roaster blending California surf culture with serious farm-level sourcing.
Varietals grown here
Last updated: June 13, 2026