About Coffee History Origin Culture and Spread

Coffee tree, is a tropical plant, evergreen shrubs, growing in the equator, north and south latitude 25 degrees each, that is, within the Tropic of Cancer region. The tropics and the equator are the world coffee growing belts. The growing conditions require abundant rainfall and humid climate. The suitable altitude is about 600~1500 meters.

The annual rainfall is 1500~2000 mm, mild days alternate with cool nights, the annual average temperature is about 15~25 degrees, and the temperature difference between day and night is about 10 degrees. The timing of rainfall is important, with intermittent heavy rain and intense sunlight during ripening and a dry spell at harvest. Any form of soil

All soils are suitable, but the best soil is a mixture of decomposed volcanic soil, humus soil, and permeable soil. The soil needs to be well drained, and although coffee trees need irrigation, pruning, weeding, fertilization, and root protection, if the soil is not in the best condition for coffee trees, they will not bear fruit for years. of the day

Sunlight hours don't have to be long, just a few hours. Hillsides are ideal because of their short exposure time and good drainage. Coffee trees like wet roots, high leaves planted in the coffee garden, on the one hand wind, on the other hand shade. Disaster aspects of coffee trees, frost damage and leaves

Disease is the most common killer.

the type of coffee

Coffee is an evergreen shrub belonging to the genus Coffea of Rubiaceae. There are about 125 species of plants under the branch of Coffea, distributed in the subgenus Coffeae (25 in Africa and 55 in Madagascar, Muscarene and Comoros Islands) and 7 species in the subgenus Baracoffeae.

There are only three types of coffee that have commercial value--

·Coffea Arabica, Coffea robusta

Canephora, also known as Coffea Robosta, and Coffea labilika

Liberica), these three varieties are known as the "three original coffee species."

Arabica accounts for about 70% of world production, and fine coffee is in high demand;

Robusta, 27 percent, is mainly used for instant, canned coffee and has twice as much caffeine as Arabica.

Liberia species are not tolerant to leaf rust and have poor flavor. They are only traded domestically in Suriname, Libya, Ivory Coast, etc. in West Africa, and are not popular all over the world.