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Small fruit coffee (scientific name: Coffea arabica), also known as Arabica coffee, Arabica coffee, is a species of Rubiaceae coffee, is the most traditional coffee variety. Originally from East Africa, coffee was monopolized by the Arab world for a long time before the 15th century, so it was called "Arabian coffee" by Europeans.

It turns out that all the commercial coffee in the world is small fruit coffee, but it was only at the end of the 19th century that growers began to look for other disease-resistant varieties. At present, small fruit coffee is still the main variety of coffee, accounting for about 3% and 4% of the world's total coffee output. It is mainly grown in Latin American countries, but also partly in Indonesia and the Pacific islands. At present, the geographical and climatic conditions of Brazil, the largest coffee producer in the world, are very suitable for the growth of small fruit coffee, and the main varieties of coffee planted are also small fruit coffee. Brazil's coffee production accounts for more than 1% of the world's total output.

History

According to legend, Ethiopian shepherds found that goats became very excited after eating the leaves and fruits of coffee, so missionaries picked some of this plant to make soup and discovered coffee. There are still people in Ethiopia who drink juice boiled with coffee leaves. The earliest written records of the use of grinding coffee beans were written by Arab scholars and explained that they were beneficial to extending their working hours. The practice of roasting coffee beans was invented by Arabs in Yemen, then spread to Egyptians and Turks, and finally spread all over the world.

Habit

The fruit of small fruit coffee is smaller than that of medium fruit coffee and large fruit coffee. The berries are oval and generally have two seeds, the so-called "coffee beans". Xiaoguo coffee is suitable for the growth of volcanic geological soil with a growth temperature of about 20 ℃ and an altitude of 600m. Xiaoguo coffee was first found in the southwestern highlands of Yemen and is now rare in its origin. However, original species have also been found in the Boma Plateau in South Sudan and Masabit in Kenya, but it is not known whether they are transplanted or native. So the origin of Xiaoguo coffee is still controversial. Today's small fruit coffee is mostly the offspring of cross improvement with other varieties.

classification

The small fruit coffee was first studied by Anthony Josher. After studying the samples from the Amsterdam Botanical Garden, the coffee was classified into the genus Jasminum of Lauraceae. Later, in 1737, it was reclassified by Linnai into the genus Coffea of Rubiaceae, which is a new exclusive branch.