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Coffee lovers all know that Panamanian Geisha (geisha) coffee beans, because of their scarce production, have caused competition among countries to buy coffee beans, resulting in high coffee bean prices. Some coffee manufacturers in Taiwan have brought back geisha beans from their country of origin in Panama to Taiwan for trial planting. After five years of efforts, the Daguan tribe in Taichung has finally blossomed and is expected to be listed in a small number by the end of this year.

Wu Yishan, owner of the Bidu Caf é, said: "fertilizing, disinfestating, and bagging all require a lot of care manpower in the sweet persimmon orchard, but there are only old people and children left on the mountain. After I opened a coffee shop, I wanted to slowly transform the sweet persimmon garden and plant coffee trees that do not need to be irrigated by fertilizer." He happened to get the geisha coffee beans. he planted thousands of coffee trees in the garden by natural planting, but in the first two years, the breeding failure rate was high and the survival rate was quite low. it was only after five years of domestication that he finally accepted Taiwan's soil and climate, and began to have numerous results. compared with the only geisha coffee trees left in the first year, the domesticated fruit is larger and fuller.

Before drying completely, Wu Yishan first used Yiqiao beans to make baker's yeast, soaking freshly picked coffee beans in water with honey to ferment. "shaking several times a day, bubbles will be produced on the 4th day, and hyphae can be seen." he then put the fermented water into a container with flour and salt to make yeast, and then kneaded it into dough. Geisha bread with dried berries tastes softer and has higher water retention.

In addition to geisha coffee beans, Bidu Cafe also grows Pacamara (Pacamara) from Panama and Yellow Bourbon (Yellow Bourbon) from Brazil. Pacamara is still in the process of domestication, while Huang Bourbon's production has become more stable. The locally produced yellow bourbon coffee has a little sugarcane sweetness, mellow and thick finish, and the quality is very good. (Chen Jingping / Taichung reporting)

Bidu Cafe

No. 4, Tianling Lane, a section of Dongqi Road, Daguanli, Heping District, Taichung City

(04) 2591-1618

The original geisha beans brought back from the country of origin in Panama have blossomed and borne fruit on the Heping Mountain in Taichung.

Using geisha beans from Taiwan as yeast, the bread tastes soft.

The yellow bourbon coffee grown in Bidu Cafe has a sweet smell of sugarcane.

After five years of domestication, the geisha fruit (right) is larger than the first batch of fruit (left).

Wu Yishan transformed the sweet potato garden to grow Taiwanese coffee beans.

The appearance of the coffee tree of geisha coffee is unimpressive, and the price of coffee beans is astonishing. (photo by Chen Jingping)