How do Cuban Crystal Mountain Coffee beans taste? manor producing area

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Cuban Crystal Mountain Coffee "Noble and Elegant Princess"

The purest Crystal Mountain coffee is Cuba's famous Cubita. It has a slightly wine-like bitterness and a hint of sweetness, and even a hint of smoke. It is delicate, smooth, refreshing and elegant. It is almost perfect. She is known as the "noble and elegant princess" in coffee. The taste of coffee is as strong as heavy metal music, but Cubita's taste is carefully balanced like a country minor. It will take you out of the noisy city life and come back to the quiet small village to reflect the leisure side of life.

Crystal Mountain Coffee is the best representative of Cuban coffee, and Cubita is the best representative of Crystal Mountain Coffee. Cubita Hu Jue is also the exhibition coffee of the 50th anniversary celebration of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Cuba, and the exhibition coffee of the Shanghai World Expo-Cuba Pavilion. Noble women and elegant men are always infatuated with. Cubita is the same, taste a shallow bite, will be deeply attracted by its taste, and intoxicated with it, people can not extricate themselves.

Where is Crystal Mountain?

"Crystal Mountain" is not the name of Cuba's producing area,"Crystal Mountain" is the highest grade of coffee in the Cuban official coffee association classification system! The Cuban Coffee Association divides coffee beans into nine grades according to particle size and flavor, the highest being Crystal Mountain, Extra turquino, Turquino, Altura, Montana, Cumbre, Serrano superior, Serrano Corriente and Caracolillo.

Cuba, located in the Caribbean Sea, is an island country under communist rule with Havana as its capital. Cuba is famous for its snow-white beaches and cigar tobacco, but it also produces excellent coffee. Coffee cultivation in Cuba has a long history, and José Antonio Gelabert introduced the first coffee factory to Cuba in 1748. Slavery was abolished during the Haiti Revolution in 1791, and French colonists fled to Cuba, bringing better coffee production methods with them. Before Castro's time, Cuba's coffee industry flourished, and coffee beans were once Cuba's number one export, more than the "sugar" necessary for life. In the mid-1950s, Cuba exported more than 20000 metric tons (22,046 short tons) of coffee beans per year, all sold at high prices, most of which were exported to Europe, especially the Netherlands and Germany. In the late 19th century, government policies and international political chaos caused the price of local coffee to plummet, and farmers moved to other crops.

Most of Cuba's coffee plantations are now state-owned, but in 1990 the government released part of the land for the original coffee farmers to grow, but the current coffee production is still not as much as in previous years, Crystal Mountain production is very small, and the coastal areas are occasionally hit by hurricanes, resulting in a shortage of supplies. Cuban coffee is mainly sold to Japan and France, and Japan has a near monopoly on the highest quality Crystal Mountain, so access to high-quality Cuban coffee is rare.

Cuban coffee cultivation area is divided into three large areas, planted in the slopes and valleys at an altitude of 1000 meters-2000 meters, of which the most is Santiago de Cuba in the east, Granma proportion up to 70% of the country, followed by villa Clara in the middle, Sancti Spiritus accounted for 20%, and Pinar del Rio in the west has 10%, these areas provide a very comfortable growing environment for coffee beans, the average temperature of 21 degrees in winter, 25 degrees in summer, moderate rainfall, humidity distribution throughout the year, The soil is deep and fertile. All Arabica varieties are planted, with Typica. In 2000, UNESCO designated Santiago and Guantanamo as World Heritage Sites.

Cuban Crystal Mountain Coffee is a typical island bean, clean taste, delicate taste, slightly sour but not irritating taste, with a special sweet flavor, very charming.

The fertile soil, humid climate and abundant rainfall in Cuba make it a natural treasure for coffee cultivation. Natural conditions provide a favourable environment for the growth of coffee trees. Coffee is well grown and developed here. The best coffee growing areas in Cuba are located in the central mountain range. Because this area is not only planted with coffee, but also produces precious minerals such as quartz and crystal, it is also known as Crystal Mountain.

Crystal Mountain is geographically adjacent to the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. Its climatic conditions are similar. Its flavor is similar to Blue Mountain Coffee and comparable to Jamaica Blue Mountain. It is also known as the Blue Mountain of Cuba.

Crystal Mountain Coffee is synonymous with premium Cuban coffee, and a distinctive feature of Crystal Mountain Coffee is the large size of the particles and the bright green color of the beans. Its flavor and taste characteristics: full particles, taste uniform, with tobacco flavor. Crystal Mountain coffee beans are typical island beans, taste clean and delicate, slightly sour, not strong but very persistent, and with sweet melon fragrance.