History of Coffee planting in the World

I. World Coffee cultivation History

Coffee is native to the tropics of northern and central Africa. It has been cultivated for more than 2000 years, and the Arabs began to plant it in 525 BC. At first, coffee beans were only used for chewing. In 890 AD, Arab merchants brought coffee to Yemen and made it into a drink for the first time. By the 13th century, Arabs had the habit of stir-frying coffee, but coffee was not cultivated on a large scale until after the 15th century. after the 18th century, coffee has been widely distributed in the tropics and subtropics of Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America. and become one of the three major beverage crops in the world. According to the statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1976, coffee is grown in 76 countries and regions in the world, covering an area of 118.845 million mu, including 64.86 million mu in Latin America, accounting for 54.4% of the world's acreage, 43.32 million mu in Africa, accounting for 36.5%, 10.29 million mu in Asia, accounting for 8.6%, and Oceania 540000 mu, accounting for 0.4%. The country with the largest acreage is Brazil (20.895 million mu), followed by Colombia (12.9 million mu) and Ivory Coast (12 million mu).

At present, the coffee production region is Latin America, followed by Africa, and there are also many countries in Asia. In recent years, the production of coffee beans is about 6 million tons, with an average yield of 80 kg ~ 90 kg per mu, with the highest yield per unit area of 229.5 kg in Yemen. Brazil and Colombia have the largest acreage, accounting for about half of the world's total output.