A brief introduction to the characteristics, climate and growing environment of coffee beans and their coffee beans in 12 countries

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The word "coffee" comes from the Greek word "Kaweh", which means "strength and passion". Coffee tree is a small evergreen tree of Rubiaceae. Coffee for daily consumption is made from coffee beans combined with various cooking utensils, and coffee beans refer to the nuts in the fruit of coffee trees, which are then roasted by appropriate roasting methods. All over the world, people like drinking coffee more and more. The "coffee culture" that follows is full of every moment of life. No matter at home, in the office, or on various social occasions, people are tasting coffee, which is gradually associated with fashion and modern life.

Coffee trees are native to the highlands of southwestern Ethiopia in Africa. It is said that more than a thousand years ago, a shepherd found that the sheep had eaten a kind of plant, became very excited and lively, and then discovered coffee. It is also said that a coffee forest was accidentally destroyed by a wildfire, and the smell of barbecue coffee attracted the attention of surrounding residents.

Local aborigines often grind the fruit of the coffee tree and knead it with animal fat to make many ball-shaped balls. These indigenous tribes use these coffee balls as precious food for soldiers who are about to go out to battle. It was not until around the 11th century that people began to use boiled coffee as a drink.

In the 13th century, Ethiopian troops invaded Yemen and brought coffee to the Arab world. Because the Islamic doctrine forbids people to drink alcohol, some religious people think that this kind of drink stimulates the nerves and violates the doctrine. Coffee shops were banned and closed for a time, but the Egyptian sultan thought that coffee was not against the doctrine, so the ban was lifted. Coffee drinks quickly became popular in the Arab region. The word coffee Coffee, which comes from the Arabic Qahwa, which means "plant drink", later spread to Turkey and became the source of the word in European languages. The method of growing and making coffee has also been continuously improved and perfected by the Arabs.

The cultivation and production of coffee in the 17th century has always been monopolized by Arabs. At that time, it was mainly used in medicine and religion, and doctors and monks admitted that coffee had the effects of refreshing, awakening, strengthening the stomach, strengthening the body and stopping bleeding. The use of coffee was documented at the beginning of the 15th century and was integrated into religious ceremonies during this period. At the same time, it also appeared in the folk as a daily drink. Because drinking was strictly forbidden in Islam, coffee became a very important social drink at that time.

I. Costa Rican coffee

Full particles, ideal acidity, unique and strong fragrance

Tarrazu in Costa Rica is one of the major coffee producing areas in the world. The coffee produced is light and pure in flavor and pleasant in aroma. Costa Rica, with its fertile volcanic soil and good drainage, is the first country in Central America to grow coffee and bananas for commercial value. Coffee and bananas are the country's main exports. Coffee was introduced into Costa Rica from Cuba in 1729 and today its coffee industry is one of the most well-organized industries in the world with a yield of 1700 kg per hectare.

II. Cuban coffee

It would be a pity if the country that produces cigars does not have the best coffee to match it.

The best coffee in Cuba (Cuba) is Turquino or Extra Turquino. Tujino is a coffee grade, not a place name, just like Blue Mountain. This coffee has a pure flavor and moderate granules, and because it is grown at lower elevations, its acidity is lower than that of many coffees grown in Central America.

III. Dominica

Delicious, sweet, full-grained coffee the Dominican Republic (Dominican Republic) is next to Haiti, and both own the island of Hispaniola (Hispaniola). Like its neighbours, the Dominican Republic had a history of revolution and poverty, but now it has democratic elections and the country is relatively stable.

5. Guadeloupe

Good coffee production has been affected by natural disasters this group of islands in the Caribbean used to be an important producer of coffee. In 1789, more than 1 million coffee trees on 500 hectares of land produced 4000 tons. Today, only 150 hectares of land is used to grow coffee. This decline can be attributed to the increase in sugar cane and banana production and the destruction of coffee trees by Hurricane HurricaneInes in 1996. Political reasons include the redistribution of land from 1962 to 1965, which resulted in huge losses in coffee production. Coffee cultivation takes more man-hours and more money than bananas and sugar cane.

VI. Guatemala

The extra-hard coffee beans here are full-grained, delicious and balanced, and the coffee made with them is pure and rich. Guatemala coffee once enjoyed a reputation as the best quality coffee in the world, but its quality also declined for a time. What is gratifying, however, is that its reputation is gradually being restored.

VII. Haiti

Despite well-known problems and fluctuating coffee quality from politically troubled lands, Haiti is still trying to produce some high-quality coffee. Most of the coffee produced in Haiti is grown in a purely natural state, which is not intentional but the result of material shortages because farmers are too poor to buy fungicides, insecticides and fertilizers.

VIII. Honduras

Overall, Honduran coffee has a good reputation and is suitable for mixed coffee. Coffee in Honduras is imported from El Salvador. Honduras produces high-acid high-quality coffee. Like other places, the coffee grade in Honduras depends on altitude: coffee grown at 700m above sea level is medium, coffee grown at 1,000m above sea level is excellent, and coffee grown at 1500m above sea level is classified as special class.

9. Jamaica

Is Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee the best coffee in the world? Almost everyone who has heard of Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee knows that it is the most expensive coffee in the world, but not everyone knows why. Like Rolls-Royce cars and Stradivari violins (Stradivarius Violin), when something gains the reputation of "the best in the world", that reputation tends to make it its own identity and become an eternal myth.

10. Martinique Island

The cradle of American coffee

Martinique is a small island and the birthplace of coffee in Central America, but it produces very little coffee today. The first coffee tree in the Western Hemisphere was brought from France by Gabriel Mathieude Clieu in the early 1820s. In his early years, Dirkley was a naval officer in Martinique. He brought back a coffee tree and planted it in Prechear. The first harvest was in 1726. Coffee was then introduced from Martinique to Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Guadeloupe. According to records, there were 18791680 coffee trees in Martinique in 1777.

Mexico

Coffee from the world's fourth largest coffee producer, slippery and fragrant, Mexico, the fourth largest coffee producer in the world, produces about 5 million bags of coffee a year. Most of its coffee is produced by nearly 100000 small farmers, and large estates that once manipulated the coffee industry are rare. The yield of Mexican coffee is about 630 kg per hectare.

12. Nicaragua

The excellent Nicaraguan coffee is among the highest in the world, it is mild and delicious, moderate granule, very fragrant. In many countries, coffee production has been seriously affected for political reasons. Nicaraguan coffee industry is no exception. The 1979 revolution forced coffee planters to flee to Miami. A period of indecision followed, when the government considered whether to redistribute land, including many plantations, which led to a shortage of coffee and a decline in production, from more than 1 million bags in the early 1970s to less than 600000 bags in 1990.

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