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African coffee is mainly distributed in the strips of the East African Plateau, starting from Yemen and Ethiopia, then branching into Kenya, Tanzania, three small countries in the heart of Africa, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, and finally to Malawi in the southernmost, forming an African coffee belt that stretches thousands of kilometers.

No matter from a historical or geographical point of view, this distribution is closely related. It was transmitted from Ethiopia, the hometown of coffee, to Yemen. In the era of great navigation, which began in the 17th century, coffee cultivation spread all over the world. Three hundred years later, at the end of the 19th century, he returned to Kenya next door to Ethiopia, the hometown of coffee. Besides, the cultivation of African coffee has a close relationship with history. As a matter of fact, it is also closely related to geography, so let's continue to look at it.

East African Great Rift Valley (Great Rift Valley)

The East African Great Rift Valley, also known as the East African Great Graben, is commonly known as the largest "scar" on the earth. It is located in eastern Africa. It is one of the earliest birthplaces of human civilization, and the crust has experienced plate movement for millions of years. At the junction of the African plate and the Indian Ocean plate, the lower mantle of the crust is upwelling, thinning and splitting the crust to form the East African Great Rift Valley. The Great Rift Valley, which runs through East Africa, is the largest fault zone in the world and belongs to the growth boundary. Its ecology, geography and human culture are quite unique, starting from the Dead Sea in the north, with quite a number of lakes and volcanoes in the middle, and at the mouth of Mozambique in the south. This long and narrow rift valley is still active along with the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, in the volcanic areas of Kenya and Tanzania, including volcanic topography such as Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa, Lake Tanganyika (1470 meters deep), one of the world's deepest freshwater lakes, and Lake Victoria, the second largest freshwater lake in the world, and the graben, the growth environment of the world's high-quality coffee is bred on the alpine slopes in the foothills. It also shapes the rich taste of African boutique coffee.

Review the geography, whether the East African Rift Valley is geographically linked to the beautiful boutique coffee producing areas in Africa today.

Today we will introduce the Burundian Burundi coffee producing area at the core of the rift graben, which is located in Burundi in the interior of Africa, mainly in agriculture, of which coffee is the largest. Coffee industry here, it is no exaggeration to save the lives of most people and lives. Burundian coffee beans are mainly bourbon varieties, growing at a high altitude of 1700-2000m. Kayanza, Mutumba and Ngozi are their main coffee growing areas, mostly grown by small farmers and then sent to large washing plants. This Burundian batch comes from the Mutumba Matiba producing area, which is a high-altitude producing area with a clean and layered taste unique to Burundi, so it is worthwhile for you to try the African clean hillside coffee.

Recommendation of African coffee bean brand

African coffee beans baked in front street coffee: Ethiopian coffee beans, Kenyan coffee beans, Burundian coffee beans and so on are fully guaranteed in terms of brand and quality. And more importantly, the performance-to-price ratio is extremely high, a pack of half a pound 227 grams, the price is only 80-90 yuan. According to the calculation of 15 grams of powder per cup of hand-brewed coffee, 15 cups of coffee can be made in a bag, and each cup of coffee costs only about 6 yuan, which is very cost-effective for coffee shops to sell dozens of yuan a cup.

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