WANT TO RETIREIN COFFEE COUNTRY?

By www.BuyOrganicCoffee.org

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If you really like organic coffee

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you may be someone who would like to grow your own during retirement.

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Interestingly U.S. News just published an article about 3 places to retire in coffee country.

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We were especially interested because one of the locations is where you can grow, pick and process your own coffee from Colombia.

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If you like the idea of growing, sun-drying, roasting and brewing your own coffee - from berry to cup

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- you'll be interested to know that prime coffee land can be found in some of the world's most beautiful locations.

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What's more, coffee grows best at an elevation of around 4,000 to 7,000 feet.

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This elevation also means great weather year-round.

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If you've got a spirit of adventure and aren't afraid of a little ground work, you could be harvesting your own coffee as part of your overseas retirement plan.

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Here are three top retirement destinations that are also ideal places for cultivating coffee plants.

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These are the three locations that U.S. News suggests.

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Coatepec, Mexico50,000 person town close to the university town and capital of Veracruz State, Xalapa.4,000 feet elevation where you can grow your own coffee

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Valcabamba, Ecuador5,000 feet elevation and the highest concentration of people over age 100You can grow coffee here year round

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Manizales, ColombiaThis is our favorite, situated at 7,000 feet plus or minus about 700

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Manizales is in the heart of the Eje Cafetero, the Colombian coffee growing axis where the best Arabica coffee in the world comes from

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Manizales and environs have a million people but you don’t need to go very far from the center of the city to find farm land suitable for coffee growing.

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Nearby smaller towns like Chinchina and Santa Rosa de Cabal are local commercial centers and centers for coffee processing.

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Manizales nestles under the heights of the 15,000 foot volcano Nevada Ruiz seen in this photo from the Caretera Hotel in Manizales.

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This is a town where you can go to a modern mall (Los Fundadores) and sip coffee at one of many coffee shops

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or shop on palm lined streets with a panorama of mountain peaks.

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Manizales was founded around 1850 by coffee growers who came by ox cart specifically for the ideal soil conditions and climate.

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It grew from a small settlement to nearly a million persons including the “suburbs” by extension up and down the hills ranging out from the mountain top center of town.

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Mountainside Coffee Farming

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If you move to Colombia and buy a piece of land for growing coffee you will be one with your neighbors.

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It is common to see coffee growing in back yards, especially on hillsides in the Eje Cafetero.

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The Carturro variety is commonly seen growing at lower elevations (3,000 to 5,000 feet) and standard Arabica is grown closer to 7,000 feet.

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You farm could well end up being on the mountainside where your home is on the only flat ground and you use the slope for growing coffee.

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Coffee in the Valley and on the Heights in Colombia