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Bolivia coffee

Bolivia is a small producer, at about 80,000 bags in the USDA's 2026/27 forecast.

Its specialty arabica grows high, around 1,200–2,000 m in the Yungas around Caranavi and Coroico, and is picked from June to October. Importers describe these coffees with fruit, chocolate and floral notes.

ARGENTINABRAZILCHILEPARAGUAYPERU Caranavi Coroico / North Yungas Samaipata
BoliviaA detail from The Coffee Origins

At a glance

JFMAMJJASOND

  • Main harvest
  • Edge month, a margin we add: picking may start early or run late
 meterssea level5001,0001,5002,0002,5002,0001,2003,940–6,560 ft
Harvest
Jun–OctCafé Imports' and Apex's calendar. Mercanta gives July–November. Yungas and Santa Cruz sites can ripen at different times.Calendar from Café Imports and Apex Coffee Imports, checked October 2026. Compared with Mercanta.
Altitude
1,200–2,000 m (3,940–6,560 ft)Specialty highlands; excludes lower Santa Cruz sites.Band from Mercanta.
Production
80,000 60 kg bags (2026/27 forecast)USDA Foreign Agricultural Service forecast, published July 2026.
Varieties
Typica, Catuai
Processing
Washed, NaturalThe usual methods; individual lots vary (see the lots below).
Regions
Caranavi, Coroico / North Yungas, Samaipata
Often described as
fruit, chocolate, floral

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How its coffees are described

Importers usually describe Bolivia's coffees as fruit, chocolate, floral. This describes specialty highland arabica, not a uniform national cup. These are tendencies, not a promise about a particular bag.

Roasters' words

Roasters described 7 single-origin lots from Bolivia in our catalog sample (320 lots from 38 specialty roasters, recorded January–March 2026); these are the notes they used most. Each opens in the Flavor Bloom with an exercise to train your nose on it.

Why two counts: the Flavor Bloom counts the 272 of those 320 lots that are single origins and name a tasting note, leaving out blends, co-ferments and descriptions that name no note. Bolivia's 7 are among them; the other one of its 8 lots isn't.

All 8 lots, as roasters described them (winter 2026) · 7 single-origin lots with tasting notes are counted above

Lots are seasonal: this is a record of how roasters described these coffees in early 2026, not a list of what's in stock.

LotRoasterProcessRoastRoaster's notes
Las AlasitasMarket Lane CoffeeWashedLightwhite peach, orange blossom, toffee
Nueva LlustaCounter Culture CoffeeWashedLightcherry, vanilla, hazelnut
Carmelita, Washed Caturra, BoliviaDrop Coffee RoastersWashedLightreminding of buttercup, combined with a lemon acidity
Bolivia: Las Alasitas, Yellow CaturraHas Bean CoffeeAnaerobic washedMedium—
Bolivia: Grover MachacaHas Bean CoffeeHoneyMediumblack tea, honey, lemon
Bolivia: Gutierrez FamilyHas Bean CoffeeWashedMedium-darkorange, peach, pineapple
Bolivia: Pedro Flores, Dry Fermented WashedHas Bean CoffeeWashedMedium-darkred apple, redcurrant, biscuit
Bolivia: Jeivert PanuniHas Bean CoffeeHoneyMedium-darkraspberry, redcurrant, cooked apple

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Brew it

Single origins show their character best brewed clean. The Brew Guide starts you on a V60; if the cup comes out sour or bitter, Fix My Coffee finds the one change to make. Brewing Constellations shows how other brewers change the cup.

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