Introduction to coffee varieties: is bourbon Mayaguis a bourbon species? What's the flavor?

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Brazil has always been the largest producer of coffee in the world.

The taste of Brazilian coffee has a low sour taste, with the sweet and bitter taste of coffee, the entrance is very smooth, and with a touch of grass aroma, smooth and smooth.

Bourbon coffee comes from a natural variant of Tibica, a coffee variety with a long history, and both varieties belong to Arabica! General bourbon coffee is mainly from green fruit to ripe bright red fruit, which is what we have heard of "red bourbon". The fruit is relatively short and round, also known as "round bourbon". The density of pulp and seeds is high, and the sweetness is high and the acidity is bright! But in addition to red bourbon, there are actually yellow bourbon (Yellow Bourbon) and rare orange bourbon (Orange Bourbon) and rare pink bourbon (Pink Bourbon).

Bourbon species is a branch of Arabica species, in addition to yellow bourbon, there are red bourbon, orange bourbon and so on (as well as Kaddura, Kaduai, etc.) about 800-1900 meters above sea level is more suitable for the growth of bourbon coffee beans.

Bourbon coffee is usually produced at an altitude of 800-1500 meters and is native to the Indian Ocean island of Bourbon (now known as Reunion). It is a secondary species of TYPICA mutation.

This variety is strong, high yield, tree-shaped and good flavor quality. It is common in Rwanda and Burundi.

Known as the "country of a thousand hills", Luanda is full of mountains and plateaus, most of which are tropical plateau climate and savanna climate, mild and cool. There are about 33000 hectares of coffee plantations and 500000 people are engaged in the coffee industry. Luanda is the only country in the world that can fully enjoy the harmony between soil, altitude and climate. Luanda has unique conditions for growing Arabica coffee. Fertile volcanic soil, adequate rainfall and the right temperature all year round make the coffee produced here taste different.

Coffee was introduced to Luanda by German missionaries in 1904. Since 1930, coffee has become the only income-earning crop for small farmers at that time, so coffee cultivation has flourished. The coffee industry in Luanda continued to grow from the 1960s to 1980s and reached an unprecedented peak in 1986. It was not until the beginning of domestic political instability in the early 1990s that the coffee industry came to a standstill again.

Bourbon accounts for more than 90% of Luanda's production. A small number of farmers grow bourbon variants BM-139 and Jackson.