What are the characteristics of island coffee? How about coffee in Dominica? Taste

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Dominica is an island country with a tropical climate, with little change in temperature throughout the year. Except for the lower temperature in the Central Cordillera Mountains, which can reach less than 0 ℃ in winter, the average annual temperature in other areas is between 25 and 30 ℃, while affected by the mountain topography, the north and east face the northeast trade wind with an annual precipitation of 1500-2500 mm, which belongs to tropical maritime climate. The mountain forest is dense, the leeward southwest annual precipitation is 500-1000 mm, the dry season is long, belongs to the savanna climate.

The most obvious feature of island coffee is that it is expensive. Due to the human resources and geomorphology of the island origin, the planting conditions are different from the coffee growing environment on the mainland, and the coffee produced locally on the island is also softer and elegant in taste. One of the most famous island coffee, such as the Blue Mountains of Jamaica, and Kona, Hawaii.

The earliest coffee in Dominica was introduced from Martinique (the overseas province of France), dating back to the early 18th century. Most of the coffee that came from Martinique in the 1820s was grown in mountainous areas of about 1000 meters.

Coffee from Dominica is mainly distributed in the northern mountains, the central mountains, the south, the southeast and the east. Dominica's best production sites are the Barahona region in the southwest and the Cibao Valley north of Santiago, Dominica's second largest city. But Juncalito and Ocoa also produce a good coffee, Santo Domingo coffee.

Coffee in Dominica is selected by the most expensive manual method, and the main consideration for workers is the fullness of coffee particles and the uniformity of coffee particles. According to these conditions, the coffee beans with the fullest and most uniform grains can represent the best and finest coffee in Dominica.

At the same time, the coffee grown in the Dominican Republic only uses water washing treatment to ensure the high quality and stability of the coffee beans, with a cleaner taste, pure and soft fragrance, and a faint fruity aroma. the aftertaste is winding and smooth.