The origin and spread of the name of bourbon coffee. What are the varieties of bourbon?

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The origin and spread of the name bourbon coffee:

The name bourbon comes from the island where it is 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 forerunner 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, Bourbon varieties were first introduced to Brazil in 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 from Bourbon 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, while the yield is 30% higher than Tibica coffee, with round and short beans, thick sour berries, obvious cream and flavor, strong sour flavor, and obvious sour flavor. but the same problem is poor disease resistance.

The leaves of bourbon coffee have a green roof.

Bourbon coffee variety:

Compared with Tippica coffee, bourbon coffee has more and more abundant varieties, such as Kaddura, Pacas, pointed bourbon and so on. 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. It is still widely cultivated in El Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Peru and other countries in Central and South America.

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. Found in French Bourbon Island in 1810, the coffee tree is dwarf type, coffee beans are thin, like dysplastic defective beans, and the yield is the lowest among the 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, which adapted to Kenya's high phosphate soil and sun-exposed cultivation. At the same time, berries were rich in flavor and lively acid, so they were widely loved by coffee lovers.

Pacas: a natural mutant of bourbon, it was discovered by the Pacas family in El Salvador in 1949. The pericarp of Pacas variety is red, and its lower bushes are favorable for artificial harvest. The flavor is generally considered to be similar to bourbon and belongs to a more agreeable type.

Vera. Sarge (Villa Sarchi)

Found in the town of Costa Rica, and hence its name, it is another natural mutant of bourbon, showing "dwarf-like" low bushes like Pacas. At present, it has been cultivated into a coffee variety with very high yield and excellent flavor performance. Red peel.

Mondonovo (Mundo Novo)

A natural hybrid of Tibica and bourbon. Found in Brazil in the 1940s, it is named after local place names. Mondonovo is widely cultivated for its relatively high fruit yield, strong physique, and good disease resistance; in addition, it can adapt to the altitude of about 1000 to 1200 meters common in Brazil.