[2] A brief discussion on Bolivian Coffee Annual output of Bolivian Coffee

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If you want to talk about the paradise of coffee beans, it is Bolivia. This producing area can be regarded as one of the most recommended boutique coffee producing areas. Most of the coffee beans in this producing area are a little sweet and very pleasing. The number of coffee beans is very small.

This country, located in Central and South America, is one of the most diverse countries in the world, surrounded by five countries. The topography and climate are very diverse: there are Illmani peaks up to 6462 meters high, as well as Lake Titicaca, the highest and navigable alpine lake in the world, and tropical rain forests at 3812 meters above sea level. Such a diverse terrain is called a paradise for micro-batches of boutique coffee, but it is not too much.

Bolivia is such a potential producing area, but it is only a small coffee export producing area, accounting for less than 0.1% of the global output. Why?

Not only that, Bolivian production has been declining year by year in recent years. From 1997 to 2014, the export volume dropped to only 1 stroke 4 every year. According to Roast Magazine, its coffee production ranked 38th and even lagged behind the United States, which ranked 35th.

The main reason is the backward economic development and infrastructure of Bolivia. Bolivia is still the poorest country in South America. Although Bolivia's unique changeable terrain is beneficial to the growth of coffee, poverty and poor infrastructure are key factors in coffee processing, transportation and quality.

For Bolivia, it is not easy to export coffee beans, and it is also very difficult for the outside world to obtain. Heavenly delicacy can only be delivered to the buyers of boutique coffee by the road of death, so fine micro-batches of Bolivian coffee can be said to be very precious and hard to find.

Even if the environment is so suitable for the development of coffee beans, poor infrastructure has become the biggest obstacle to coffee processing, transportation and export, so the output is far lower than that of other high-quality coffee countries. Every time I get Bolivian beans, they are very precious.

Although Bolivia's coffee share is small and its popularity is not high, Bolivian coffee beans are almost all sweet, with floral, creamy and chocolate rhymes that almost everyone will like. The flavor is very direct and easy to understand, and there is great potential to grow amazing varieties.