What brand of Asian coffee tastes good? introduction to the flavor characteristics of Asian coffee? are Asian coffee beans expensive?

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Coffee is produced in more than 60 countries in the world. Due to geological and climatic requirements, most of the coffee producing areas are located in the tropics and subtropics between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Cancer. The average temperature is above 20 ℃ and the elevation is about 1500 meters. This coffee growing area is called the "coffee belt" (Coffee Belt).

Europeans have long realized that it is highly profitable to produce and buy and sell coffee, so they began to try again and again to steal coffee seedlings as early as the 14th century, but coffee could not be grown in cold places. So, the nature of coffee protected their producing countries, and it is said that seven coffee seeds were eventually smuggled out of the Arab port of Mocha and eventually reached Asia near the Arabian Peninsula, making the introduction of coffee into Asia another story full of courage and adventure.

The protagonist of the story is Baba. Baba Budan, in order to avoid Arab inspection, fastened seven coffee bean seeds firmly to his belly and finally succeeded in bringing them to his home in Chikomagar, southern India. He found a cave in the nearby mountain. So he began to cultivate coffee saplings in this cave. Later, he planted coffee seedlings in the jungle near Chicomagarg, and the descendants of Asia's first coffee tree are still known as Old Chick, an ancient legend that now accounts for 1/3 of India's annual coffee demand, with another 2/3 to be imported from the rest of the world.

In order to expand the cultivation of coffee, Europeans are trying to transplant coffee to their colonies in warm areas. The Netherlands is the first country to successfully transplant coffee. When the Netherlands began its first attempt to transplant coffee in 1696, Wittson of Amsterdam suggested that the coffee be shipped to Java (Java was once a Dutch colony) to grow, but unfortunately, the seeds were later washed away by flooding. The first attempt of the Dutch failed. In 1699, a Dutchman named Zavederkelen finally brought a coffee cuttings to Java. Since then, coffee began to thrive in Asia. Soon, the cultivation of coffee was extended to Sumatra and Celebes in Indonesia.

Today, Indonesia is the fourth largest coffee producer and exporter in the world.

At the end of the 19th century, coffee began to be grown in Taiwan Province of China. At the same time, coffee came to Yunnan Province with the railway. Since then, the cultivation of coffee in Yunnan has never been interrupted.

Producing areas and characteristics

The texture of Asian coffee beans is dense, extremely thick, sweet and round. Asian beans are mostly washed and semi-washed, so the particle size of raw beans is very uniform.

It is generally known that selected coffee beans are produced in Indonesia, Yemen, India, Vietnam and other countries in Asia. As mentioned earlier, coffee was grown on our land as early as the 19th century. So before introducing coffee from Asian countries, let's take you to know the coffee grown on our land!

Yunnan area:

The history of coffee cultivation in Yunnan can be traced back to 1892. A French missionary brought coffee to Yunnan from abroad and successfully planted it in a valley in Binchuan County, Yunnan Province. The coffee plants of this batch of coffee seeds are still blooming and bearing fruit in Binchuan County.

The western and southern parts of Yunnan Province are located between 15 °N and the Tropic of Cancer, and most areas are 1000-2000 meters above sea level. The topography is dominated by mountains and slopes, with large ups and downs, fertile soil, sufficient sunshine, rich rainfall and large temperature difference between day and night. These unique natural conditions form the particularity of Yunnan small grain coffee taste-strong but not bitter, fragrant but not strong, slightly fruity. There are many varieties of small-grain coffee, there are differences in taste, some acidity is very light and faint, continuous and spread to the gills, accompanied by a clear sense of balance. Some flowers are mixed with citrus flavor, which is very exaggerated. Some acidity has berry flavor, and the taste is extremely dry. Some are full of malt flavor, feeling very low-key. Classic coffee will not be particularly attractive, all flavors are strong and well balanced. As early as the 1950s, Yunnan small seed coffee was very popular in the international coffee market and was rated as the top grade of coffee.

Yunnan coffee was planted on a large scale in the mid-1950s, with a planting scale of 4000 hectares at one time. By the end of 1997, the planting area of coffee in the province had reached 7800 hectares. At present, the planting area of the province accounts for 70% of the national area, and the output accounts for 83% of the whole country. Yunnan coffee has established the dominant position in China in terms of planting area and coffee bean production.

Taiwan:

Due to the characteristics of its natural environment, Taiwan is suitable for coffee growth. after it was introduced into Taiwan in 1884, it was planted in Taipei, Hengchun, Taichung, Taitung, Hualien, Chiayi and other places at that time. Tropical cultivated crops produced by the Japanese occupation era combined with colonial policies, potential crops subsidized by the government after the war, and today's local cultural industries combined with local culture. The role of the coffee industry changes with Taiwan's agricultural economic and social development.

Hebao Mountain in Yunlin Gukeng, Huisun Forest Farm in Nantou, and Dongshan Township in Tainan County are the more famous coffee producing areas in Taiwan, and most of them are planted in Arabica. Taiwan coffee is moderate in texture, low in acidity and with a hint of herbs.

Indonesia:

Representative coffee: Java, Sumatra manning. Indonesia produces coffee beans mainly in Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi and other three islands, all of which belong to volcanic topography. It is generally believed that Indonesian coffee beans have a strong aroma and low acidity, with a slight taste of traditional Chinese medicine and soil.

Mandheling, produced in the mountains of Sumatra, is world-famous and rich in texture. Robusta beans from Java have a unique smell and are often used as a recipe for espresso because they are rich in oil. The coffee produced by Sulawesi is rated as having a special herbal flavor, deep and clean.

When it comes to Indonesian coffee, we must not miss the high-end Mantenin of Sumatra, which has a unique fragrant taste, slightly acidic taste and superior quality. In addition, Arabian coffee produced in Java is the favorite of Europeans, which is sweet in bitterness and sour in the middle of it, which lasts for a long time.

In particular, there is a special animal called the civet in the mountains of Indonesia. Because it makes Indonesia produce a kind of coffee that is almost the most expensive in the world-civet coffee.

This kind of cat likes to eat coffee berries, and hard coffee beans are eventually excreted because they are indigestible. During the period of passing through the digestive tract, coffee beans are fermented to produce a unique and complex flavor, which makes many gluttons like this kind of coffee with special aroma. But because the output is very small, so the price is very high, in the hundreds of dollars per pound.

India:

Representative coffee: monsoon Malaba (Monsooned Malabar). India is a country that mainly drinks tea, but its coffee production ranks first in the world, and it has both Robusta and Arabica. It is also one of several countries that have both water washing and sun treatment.

Indian coffee is grown mainly in the areas from the Western Gaozhi Mountains in southern India to the Arabian Sea, with coffee sold under the names of Maiso and Malaba.

Monsoon Malaba is a unique kind of coffee in India. Because of the coffee beans exported from the coast of Malaba to Europe at that time, the appearance and taste of the raw beans were changed after being hit by the sea breeze for a long time. And become a taste that Europeans are accustomed to and like.

This later became a special method of handling coffee beans, which were especially placed in the wet monsoon for a few months after harvest, so that they turned yellow and white and reduced acidity, that is, the monsoon Monsooned Malabar we bought.

Vietnam:

Representative coffee: Vietnamese coffee. Vietnam is also one of the top coffee producers in the world. At present, the vast majority of coffee trees in Vietnam are planted by Robusta. Because the Arabica coffee trees in Vietnam were destroyed by leaf rust in the mid-19th century, they were all planted in Robsta, which is resistant to leaf rust.

Robusta coffee beans have a unique aroma and bitter taste, and their caffeine content is higher than that of Arabica. Also because the higher proportion of extraction is related to you, it is often used to make instant coffee, canned coffee, or mixed with three-in-one coffee and so on.

In recent years, India has also begun to plant coffee trees in Arabica, more committed to the cause of coffee production, but there has been no development in the boutique coffee market. The Vietnamese coffee we often hear in our conversation sometimes refers to the cooking of ice droplets, which is different from the kinds of coffee beans mentioned here, so don't be confused.

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