Arabica coffee beans must be great? Introduction of appearance and flavor characteristics of Arabica coffee beans

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Coffee fans all know that there are different varieties of beans in different countries, some of which are iron pickup, bourbon, and some are Kaddura, Kaduai, and iron pickup, so coffee fans often ask what these varieties are in Qianjie, and what is the difference in flavor? In fact, all the varieties mentioned just now belong to Arabica species, so the next article in Qianjie will talk about what Arabica coffee beans are.

Arabica coffee beans

In fact, in today's coffee market, there are a total of three major coffee varieties, including Arabica, Robusta and Liberika, among which Arabica coffee beans are the most widely used in the hand-brewed coffee market. Almost all the coffee beans in Qianjie are Arabica, because his quality is the best of the three coffee varieties, and the Robusta variety is due to high caffeine. So they are all used to produce instant coffee, which are the two most common coffee varieties on the market today, while Liberika coffee seldom appears on the market because its output is very small and its flavor is bitter, so it is not suitable for commercial coffee, so it is hardly sold on the market.

According to Qianjie, Arabica is the earliest species found in the world. It was found in Ethiopia, but it was only widely cultivated in Yemen and exported to the world at the port of Moka in Yemen. At that time, Yemen was called the Arab world, so coffee was thought by Europeans to come from the Arab world, and coffee beans were called Arabica beans, which evolved into today's name.

As the former street article said, Arabica is one of the best quality coffee varieties, so it is now widely grown as an economic crop in major coffee-producing countries. At the same time, Arabica accounts for 75% of the world's coffee beans.

As far as Qianjie knows, Arabica coffee is very resistant to low temperature, but coffee beans cannot frost, otherwise they will freeze to death and their drought capacity is not strong, so they have to be planted on a plateau of 1000-2600m. At the same time, Arabica has many subspecies, that is, tin card, bourbon, Kaddura and other varieties mentioned in Qianjie above. Among them, Ironka and Bourbon are the two oldest varieties under the Arabica branch, so let's talk about these common varieties derived from Arabiya in Qianjie.

Iron pickup

According to Qianjie, iron pickup is the oldest variety in the Arabica branch, and it is also the oldest native variety in Ethiopia. Almost all the coffee varieties that Arabica belongs to now are derived from iron pickups. Iron pickup has an elegant flavor, but its physique is weak, its disease resistance is low, and it is easy to be infected with leaf rust. Therefore, the output of coffee beans is low, and there is no way to achieve economic benefits. In recent years, iron cards in Central and South America have been gradually replaced by Kaddura and Kaduai. So the figure of the iron pickup is becoming more and more rare. Although the flavor of the iron pickup is elegant, it is not as popular as bourbon.

Among them, the most famous blue mountain coffee variety in the world is also tin card, while Qianjie also has a coffee plantation in Yunnan, which mainly grows tin card coffee trees. This also shows that the coffee tree planted by Ironhide Card is not easy to grow, but its flavor is still attractive, which is enough to witness its excellence.

Front street coffee Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee beans

Country: Jamaica

Producing area: blue Mountain

Altitude: 1310m

Variety: iron pickup

Treatment: insolation

Flavor: berries, black cocoa, cream, nuts, brown sugar

Bourbon

Bourbon is a secondary species of the iron pickup mutation, which is found on the island of Bourbon, so it is called bourbon coffee. It belongs to the oldest coffee variety in existence, and the green fruit appears bright red when it ripens. Compared with the tin card species, the bourbon species has wider leaves and denser growth. although the seed setting is higher than the tin card, the harvest time is also 2 years, which is also a variety with less yield, but it has a high-quality taste, like the sour taste of red wine, and the aftertaste is sweet.

The Brazilian coffee beans in the front street best represent the excellence of bourbon varieties, such as Brazilian red fruit coffee beans.

Qianjie Brazilian red fruit coffee beans

Country: Brazil

Producing area: South Minas

Altitude: 700-1200

Variety: red bourbon

Treatment: semi-washing

Flavor: tropical fruit aroma, high sweetness

Kaddura

Kaddura, a single gene variant of bourbon, was found in Brazil in 1937. It has better production capacity and disease resistance than bourbon, and the tree is shorter and easy to harvest. Unfortunately, like bourbon, it has the periodic problem of production capacity fluctuation every two years. But its flavor is comparable to or slightly worse than bourbon beans, more importantly, it is super adaptable, it does not need shade trees, and it can also be vibrant in direct exposure to the sun. it is commonly known as exposure coffee, which can adapt to high-density planting, but it must be fertilized more and increase the cost. therefore, the acceptance of coffee farmers is not high in the initial stage.

Among them, the representative coffee beans on the front street are Costa Rican Tarazu coffee beans.

Front Street Coffee Costa Rica Tarazu Coffee beans

Country: Costa Rica

Producing area: Tarazhu

Altitude: 1950m

Variety: Kaddura

Treatment: washing

Flavor: orange, nut, honey

Kaduai

Kaduai is a hybrid of Arabica and Kaddura (New World). It has a good ability to resist natural disasters, especially wind and rain. It inherits the advantages of Kaddura's low stature and changes Mondonwood's shortcomings. Another advantage is that the result is solid, and it is not easy to fall off when the strong wind blows, which makes up for the weakness of Arabica fruit, but the overall flavor is more monotonous than Kaddura, monotonous and less mellow, which is the greatest pity. In addition, the fruit growth and harvest life is only about ten years, and the short life span is also one of the weaknesses.

Among them, the representative coffee beans in front street are Costa Rican Beethoven coffee beans.

Front street coffee Costa Rica Beethoven coffee beans

Country: Costa Rica

Producing area: Tara Zhu producing area (Carnett Manor)

Altitude: 1900m

Variety: Kaduai

Treatment method: washing treatment method

Flavor: light fermented wine with citrus and berry floral aromas

The above is the relevant information about Arabica beans sorted out in Qianjie, hoping to help coffee fans understand what Arabica coffee beans are, so as to select coffee beans that suit their taste.

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