Specialty Coffee in South America

While much of South America is occupied by vehement tea drinkers in various traditional and local forms, like yerba mate, the regions that grow coffee do such a great job of it that even some tea drinkers in the colder countries are starting to sway. Places like Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru make produce some of the best coffess in the world, with coffee shops dedicated to beans from only one popping up with their dedicated fanbases. And even Brazil, which has traditionally been much more of a commodity coffee country, is seeing its fair share of smaller producers and specialty coffee shops appear. There’s not better time to visit South America as acoffee lover than now. Use this page as the jumping off point to dig into more info on individual cities and regions in South America where coffee reigns, and even if it has competition, you can certainly find a nice pour over or single origin espresso during your travels.