#17 - Huila, Colombia. Coffee farming from above!

I spent a few days down in Pitalito, in Huila. I was filming a little TV for next year, and I wish I had had more time to shoot stuff for me. I can't complain though. I did rent a drone to take with me, so forgive the excessive aerial footage - I loved being able to see coffee farming from new vantage points.
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[@estebanbabativa1041]

As always, thanks for the amazing video, James! Loved the way you pictured everything about this procedure, and as I get more and more into coffee I feel even more proud of being Colombian myself

[@samf2r]

Thanks for choosing coffee from my country. Greeat coffee, great people, great country.

[@pmakris]

I agree with you my frend.!!

[@palrose1]

More videos about Colombian coffee please. 💓

[@cafezentimana]

Would love for you to try our coffee.....Small batch, owner operated from start to finish, Santa Rosa de Cabal, Risaralda. I (owner) spend an enormous amount of time making it the best it can be (clean, defects, condition, etc) myself. Truly a one-of-a-kind coffee. Love your stuff by the way, just recently found it so catching up on all your past videos, this one included. Well done.

[@carlosmauricioruizchavarro7708]

Thank you for travel all the way to my hometown. I didn’t know you until yesterday, can’t tell you how pride I am to be Colombian and Huilense. Thanks a lot.

[@jasonyeo4090]

Hey James! Thank you for an awesome video that brings the audience up close to the farms. One day I want to get into sourcing and this video gave me a lot of insight as to what it looks like to go to the farms and interact with the farmers to produce something amazing.

[@opolpol]

The shots in this video are amazing

[@chrisbalocca]

Informative! Nice shots too!

[@oner6206]

Amazing aerial shots! can't wait for the TV feature and find out if you provide an answer to your own question about Huila coffees.

[@magikaru]

Hi James. Has the TV feature for this since been released? I’d be interested in checking it out.

[@ChinaLake100]

Kalamazoo Coffee Co has amazing medium-roast coffee from this region

[@orangecactuscoffee]

Great video James. Our favorite yet, very inspirational. When possible, please be sure to share the name of the TV show you'll be featured in. Would love to watch.

[@JHONHD]

Hello James you have to visit Teruel Huila, paradise coffe maker, saludos

[@JaroslavSl365cupsofcoffeevlog]

I've never seen such great picture of farms. Thank you for this experience!!!

[@Fuyumiart]

I'm so glad I found your channel. It has everything I ever wanted to see, I get a more indepth information about coffee, yet the videos are so entertaining and refreshing. Keep up the brilliant work, can't wait for more new videos this year!

[@miguelabreumacedo]

JAMES 5:55 you film a cockroach walking through the coffee like it’s nothing O.o

[@Geschirrspul]

This was really interesting! At 6:40 where you're sampling, what method do they use to brew all those cups?

[@benjohnson6522]

Awesome video, the stability with the drone footage is unreal. Looking at the cupping scene they seemed to be using stovetop kettles to heat the water, is there a push to standardise the water in terms of temperature or even the mineral content with titration kits?

[@thijsbaarda]

beautiful and informative video, definitely loving the drone shots. Good tunes too btw. Keep up the great work!

[@maycatyuiop]

Floated coffee still gets sold. Roasted higher and sold likely at a relative premium to local tinto

[@JaroslavSl365cupsofcoffeevlog]

3 weeks is allmost like a year:) any new release soon?

[@MarcusWolschon]

Cool. I just found this video while I am drinking my way through a bag of pre-roasted Huila.

[@pmakris]

I just found this video i will wait tomorow the same coffe to rowast at my home..i also wait brazilian and them at next batch i will mix it with columbian🙃😇😉😀

[@panp1222]

were can we see your 4 minutes of glory?

[@jackspresso1446]

My favorite video, so far. It seems very reminiscent of Casey Neistat, but with twist

[@Bliblablub1]

Can anybody say, what TV show it was for?

[@onzagalaverde4905]

Interesting!

[@youngjaypark9633]

why the roach in the video. :) lol

[@MrAlarine]

Great "coffee" from Columbia I hear 🤷🤦

[@jekciso]

Look at the condition these specialty coffee farmers are living in compared to commercial coffee growers, no significant difference. Look at the prices of coffee when it reaches us, huge difference. Where did the premiums we paid for goes?

[@krisferr3962]

Hi James 😊, I'm from Neiva, Huila and moved to USA over 20 years ago. I'm extremely thankful for your video, it's so exciting to see my hometown's coffee finally been appreciated all over the world 😍 I grew up smelling and drinking this coffee every single day (even mixed with milk into my baby bottle 🤪🍼) and at least two times a day and I'm thankful I never took for granted how perfect Huila's coffee is ☺️. Now I can share your video with my American friends so they can hear the expert's point of view and understand that I was not being biased and that my hometown's coffee is just perfect 😉... So for that I thank you very much!

[@BariSaxGod25]

In most cases, farmers who grow specialty don’t grow specialty exclusively. Usually, a given farm will produce coffees of varying quality, selling the best to specialty roasters and importers, and the rest to large companies as commodity.