Where did the cultivation of bourbon come from and what are the flavor characteristics?

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The origin and spread of the name bourbon coffee:

The name bourbon comes from the island where it was grown. It was named bourbon in 1715 after France transplanted round beans from Yemeni mocha to the island of Bourbon on the east coast of Africa (renamed Reunion after the French Revolution). Then, in 1717, the French shipped another batch of round bourbon seedlings from Yemen, which became the predecessor of bourbon coffee.

In 1732, the British East India Company took Bourbon coffee seedlings from Yemen and planted them on St. Helena Island. between 1860 and 1870, Brazil first introduced bourbon varieties from Central and South America, gradually replacing Tibica, and then Bourbon rapidly expanded northward to other parts of South and Central America.

After 1900, French missionaries introduced bourbon coffee to Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and other places. Nowadays, bourbon coffee has become a main force of high-quality coffee in the world.

Tree characteristics of bourbon coffee:

Slightly different from the red top coffee iron pickup, bourbon coffee has a green roof, broad leaf edges and wavy leaves, and its yield is 30% higher than Tibica coffee, with round and short beans, thick sour berries, obvious cream and flavor, strong sour flavor and obvious fruit acid. but the same question is poor disease resistance.

The leaves of bourbon coffee have a green roof.

Bourbon coffee variety:

Compared with Tippica, bourbon has more and more varieties, such as Kaddura, Pacas, pointed bourbon, etc., are among the best. Next, the editor will introduce some of the most classic ones.

Red bourbon: red bourbon is a coffee tree introduced to Brazil through Campinas in the south around 1860. it is also a typical coffee tree, which is still found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Peru and other countries in Central and South America.

Extensive cultivation.

Coffee growing area in Brazil

Kaddura: Kaddura is a bourbon variety discovered in Brazil in 1935. It is popular with farmers because it can withstand direct sunlight and does not need to plant shade trees. At the same time, Kaddura has a high yield and a high demand for soil fertility, but it is also accepted by boutique coffee lovers because of its good flavor cup performance.

Bourbon pointed body: bourbon pointed body is a variety of bourbon species. It was found in French Bourbon Island in 1810 that the coffee tree is dwarf type, coffee beans are thin, like stunted defective beans, and the yield is the lowest in Bourbon dwarf type. weak and sickly, but its flavor is very special, with a very special citrus flavor and litchi flavor, and the caffeine content is half that of small seeds, which is a natural decaf coffee.

The long, thin, pointed body of the coffee bourbon

In SL28:1930~1940, botanists at Scott Laboratories in Kenya cultivated and screened new bourbon varieties with strong disease resistance, high productivity and drought tolerance, adapted to Kenya's high phosphoric acid soil and sun-exposed cultivation, and were widely loved by coffee lovers because of their rich berry flavor and lively acidity.