One of the three core departments of the Coffee Cultural Landscape. Its capital, Manizales, is a main city of the axis.
Caldas is one of the three core Eje Cafetero departments, with Quindío and Risaralda, and Manizales is one of the axis's four main urban centres. UNESCO inscribed the Coffee Cultural Landscape in 2011.
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At Cenicafé's Naranjal station in Chinchiná, Caldas (1,400 m), 72-86% of the Caturra and Colombia harvest comes in July-December, with October the peak at 29-35%.
Sources · 3 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.
- Colombian coffee growing axis · Wikipedia
- Coffee Cultural Landscape (Colombia Travel) · Colombia Travel (ProColombia)
- ¿Cómo se distribuye anualmente la cosecha de las variedades Caturra y Colombia? (Avance Técnico 260) · Cenicafé (FNC)