What are the characteristics of the three native species of coffee? introduction to the characteristics and flavor of Rosa coffee beans

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Introduction to the characteristics of three major coffee varieties and rosy summer coffee in Qianjie

1. Arabica species (Arabica)

Features: strong fragrance, delicate fragrance, pleasant sour taste, smooth texture, less bitterness, mild taste

But its resistance to dryness, frost, diseases and insect pests is too low, especially the natural enemy of coffee-leaf rust.

two。 Robusta species (Robusta)

Features: the aroma is similar to fried wheat, rich taste, sour taste is not obvious, more bitter, bright and strong style, if it accounts for only 2% of mixed coffee 3%, the whole cup of coffee becomes Robusta flavor. But it has stronger disease resistance than Arabica.

3. Liberian species

Features: it has strong adaptability to all kinds of environments, such as high temperature or low temperature, humidity or dryness, but it is not resistant to leaf rust, and its flavor is worse than that of Arabica, so it is only traded domestically in some West African countries. or planted for research.

Varieties of Arabica species

1. Tibica (Typica)

Typica means ordinary in Latin and can be understood in a broad sense that Tibica is a coffee tree that can be seen everywhere in the coffee belt.

It is the closest to the original species of Arabica, with long bean shape and excellent aroma and sour taste, but it is not resistant to leaf rust and needs a lot of shelter trees, resulting in low production and can only be harvested every two years.

The species of Geisha was discovered in the rose forests of Ethiopia in 1931 and was later sent to the Coffee Institute in Kenya. Introduced to Uganda and Tanzania in 1936 and introduced to Costa Rica in 1953.

Rosa rugosa is a derivative of Tieka Coffee, which is particularly picky about the growth environment, requiring high altitude, cloud shade, fertile soil and enough accumulated temperature. The Aurora Coffee Manor is located in the northwest corner of the Chiriki province of Panama, with an average elevation of 1625 meters, an average annual temperature of 16 ℃ to 25 ℃ and an average rainfall of about 3500 mm. The plantation is semi-shaded, and the tree species are all endemic to the region, some of which are Haas alligator pear trees at high altitude. It is precisely because of this unique environment and climate that the coffee king can be cultivated.

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