The world’s top coffee producer – there are a couple of contenders, but one country stands out from the rest.

Does that make Brazil the world’s top coffee producer? That depends on how you look at it. Much of Brazil’s harvest goes into making instant coffees and less expensive ground coffees.

If you are thinking about gourmet coffee beans, the kind you buy as whole beans and take home to grind and brew, then the number one position would go to Colombia.

Over the last few years in particular, Colombia has taken great strides in improving the quality of its coffee beans, and in increasing its production.

Also, the generally mild flavor of Colombian beans is a big favorite in North America.

And now for the world’s top coffee producer in terms of taste...

Once again, although there are dozens of wonderful coffees to try from many parts of the tropics, the top position goes to Colombia.

Determining which country produces the top coffee by taste is always going to be subjective. We chose Colombia after looking at the work of Kenneth Davids, one of the world’s most respected coffee tasters or “cuppers”.

On his site, CoffeeReview.com, he has a list of the top rated coffees he has tasted. Although the number one spot goes to a Kenyan coffee, almost all of the top ten are Colombian.

You can see his list of top rated coffees here.

Colombia may not have the most exotic reputation when it comes to coffee, but they do produce beans of a very high and consistent quality.




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