What kind of bourbon is it? On the spread and Development History of Bourbon Coffee

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In 1714, French Minister to the King asked La R é union, then known as island of Bourbon, to collect / grow coffee from Mocha (Yemen). At that time, King Yemen took a liking to the French (1712 cured his ear disease) and provided 60 coffee trees.

Just before the 60 coffee trees arrived, the wild coffee tree cafe coffee marron was discovered by cafe é union 39th Hardancourt of the R é union. At that time, the coffee was described as "this coffee is bigger than Mokka's, with a sharp end." well-known scholar Antoine de Jussieu also described the coffee as "different from Bourbon, longer, thinner and greener."

Of the 60 coffee leaves from Yemen, only 20 successfully reached La R é union (25th September 1715) and sent to two plantations for care (Saint Denis,the Martin brothers), but according to the literature, only two coffee trees survived (Haarer 1956). And became the main force in the production of La R é union coffee until it was replaced by other cash crops (mid-19th century). However, these plants became the starting point for all later b ourbon.

Introduced to Brazil in 1727 because of its low yield and easy to interfere with diseases, the bourbon species was introduced to Brazil around 1860 via Campinas in the south and rapidly expanded northward to other parts of South and Central America. In Latin America today, although most of the bourbon species have been basically replaced by their varieties (especially Caturra,Catuai and Mundo Novo, etc.), bourbon is still grown in El Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Peru and other countries.

In Africa, French missionaries known as Spiritan (from the Holy Spirit) played an important role in the spread of the bourbon species. The first church was founded in Reunion in 1841 and a branch was established in Zanzibar in 1859, while from Zanzibar, a branch was established in Bagamoyo (along the coast of Tanzania, then known as Tanganyika) in 1862, St. Augustine (Kikuyu, Kenya) in 1862, and a branch in Bura (Taita Hills,Kenya) in 1893. The establishment of each chapter was accompanied by the planting of coffee seeds from Reunion.

Seedlings cultivated by Bura in 1899 were brought to another French church in Santa Cruz (near Nairobi), introduced to the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania in 1900, and distributed seeds to local residents who were willing to grow coffee. This is the origin of the so-called "missionary bourbon". Then the Kent species was introduced in 1920. Therefore, up to now, the coffee in Tanzania is mainly bourbon and Kent.

-- French Territory Bourbon Island

-- pointed Bourbon to New Caledonia Yemen in 1860

-- 1732 round bourbon to the British dependency St. Helena Island.

-- round bourbon to Brazil in 1860.

-- round bourbon to Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania in 1900

Sharp Bourbon to Colombia after 2000.