Why is St. Helena coffee also called Napoleon coffee? What kind of coffee is St. Helena coffee?

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"St. Helena Island" also known as "Napoleon Island"-St. Helena Coffee is the most high-end coffee in our restaurant. St. Helena Island-located 1900 km from the west bank of Africa. Discovered by Portuguese navigators in May 1502, the island was occupied by the Netherlands from 1645 to 1651 and later occupied and colonized by the British East India Company in 1651.

In the early days, most of the black slaves kidnapped from Africa cheated some labourers from Guangdong, China, to reclaim land in 1810, and all the slaves were released in 1836. Napoleon was exiled to the island in 1815 and died on it in 1821. The Suez Canal opened in 1869. Before St. Helena was a very important base for ships in the Atlantic Ocean, the ownership of the island was taken over to the British royal family in 1933.

Coffee was grown on a large scale in the 1980s, growing volcanic soil rich in nutrients above 1000 meters above sea level, with a natural environment, rich special flavor, pure and precious texture and rich taste changes. Japan monopolizes the top St. Helena coffee.

The remote location preserves the pure ecology of St. Helena Island, and the volcanic geology provides extremely fertile soil, coupled with the concept of organic cultivation and preservation of the original small bean seed, which makes St. Helena Coffee unique.

St. Helena coffee variety

Green Tipped Bourbon Arabica, bourbon

This kind of bean is a very delicate and fragile variety, no matter in planting, harvesting, washing treatment, baking, all need to pay great attention to ensure that a wonderful cup of coffee is produced. Green Tipped Bourbon Arabica is a coffee tree species in the Yemeni region. At that time, it was carried by a "Houghton" ship sailing out of the Yemeni port of Moka. The captain's name was Philips.

As soon as the plant is brought to St. Helena Island, it is taken to different points on the island for planting. Because these sites are very suitable, the coffee trees in these places can grow luxuriantly despite a long period of neglect.

Legend has it that when Napoleon was terminally ill, he begged for St. Helena's coffee on his deathbed!

The servant said, "No! it will affect your body!" Napoleon looked out of the window at the distant sky and said faintly:

"I hope to have another sip of St. Helena's Coffee at the last moment of my life!" Napoleon the Great, who once dominated the world, unexpectedly succumbed to her charm, which is the charm and legend of St. Helena Coffee.

Today, St. Helena Coffee still insists on planting only the coffee trees planted since 1733, and GW Alexander Estate has reorganized and continued to cultivate the same batch of coffee trees that were sent for trial 150 years ago. in the past decade, St. Helena Coffee has become famous again in the coffee circle all over the world for its unique flavor and high quality.

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