Arabica Coffee Variety Classification Daquan Iron pickup Coffee beans belong to Arabica

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Qianjie-brief introduction of coffee bean varieties

Coffee beans (Coffee Cherry) refer to the fruits of plants used to make coffee. In a broad sense, there are three kinds of coffee beans in the world, but the most common ones are Arabica beans and Robusta beans.

Arabica species (Arabica) Robosta beans (Robusta) Liberia (Liberica species)

There are three major varieties of coffee: the three native species are Arabica, Robusta and Liberika (Liberika). Arabica ranks first in terms of production, accounting for about 6070% of the world's coffee production. There are bourbon, Tibica and other sub-varieties. Robusta accounts for about 3040% of the world's total coffee production. Liberian cards account for only 3% of the total and are mostly grown in the Asia-Pacific region.

Arabica species (Arabica)

Arabica

Also known as small coffee beans, originated in Ethiopia. Arabica coffee trees mostly grow at an altitude of 1000 ℃ 2000 meters above sea level; they are hardy, and the suitable growth temperature is 15 mures and 24 meters; they need more humidity, and the annual rainfall is not less than 1500 milliliters; at the same time, they also have higher requirements for cultivation techniques. Arabica coffee tree is a large shrub with oval, dark green leaves and oval fruit. Generally, there are two slightly flattened beans with long oval on the front, narrow and curved cracks in the middle, S-shaped, and smooth arc on the back of the beans. Caffeine content is about 0.8% Rue 1.5%.

Arabica beans are an important kind of commercial coffee with a fruiting period of less than three years and a high-quality aroma and sour taste. Arabica coffee beans are mainly produced in South America (except parts of Argentina and Brazil), Central America, Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia and other places, mainly East African countries), Asia (Indonesia, parts of Yemen, India, Papua New Guinea).

Robusta species (Robusta)

Robusta beans, also known as medium-grain coffee beans, are native to the Congo in Africa. Robusta coffee trees are mostly planted in lowlands 200-800m above sea level. They like warm climates and require temperatures of 24-29 ℃, but do not require high rainfall. However, the variety relies on insects or wind to pollinate, so coffee takes 11 months from pollination to fruit, which is longer than Arabica. The caffeine content is about 3.2%, much higher than Arabica beans.

Robusta species (Latin name Coffee Robusta Linden) is one of the most important coffee varieties in the world. The leaf rust-resistant varieties found in Congo in Africa have stronger disease resistance than Arabica.

Robusta coffee beans are mainly used to concentrate and mix to increase the thickness of alcohol and get rich oil. Although Robusta's flavor is not comparable to Arabica, it has its own value. Is the main ingredient of instant coffee, some espresso will also be mixed with a certain proportion of robusta.

The main producers of Robbosa beans are Indonesia, Vietnam, Brazil and other countries.

Iron pickup coffee

Typica is a subvariety of Arabica coffee, which was originally grown in Martinique, Central America, Jamaica, Kona region of Hawaii, Papua New Guinea and East Timor are the main coffee growing places of Tibica. In order to obtain more coffee production from high-quality Typica, Typica coffee varieties usually cross-breed with other species. Typica coffee is famous for its sweetness, and some of the best coffee in the world comes from the Typica coffee range, including Blue Mountain, Sumatra and Kona.

Typic raw beans are slightly warped at both ends and oval in appearance. The bean body is flat and thin from the side. Even if the altitude of the planting area is different, the thickness of the side of the raw bean will not be too different.

Unlike other beans, the fruit of Tieka coffee is cone-shaped. Iron pickup coffee is of high quality, so it is very popular in plantations all over the world. If planted properly, Tippica coffee has high sweetness, pure taste and pleasant acidity. Yunnan iron card, Asian herb aroma, lively and bright sour taste, both cheeks, sour soft, mellow balance, rich layers, Yuyun dark chocolate, honey, sucrose flavor, brown sugar flavor after complete cooling.

Knowledge expansion: Arabica is mainly used in individual or boutique coffee. From the perspective of coffee culture or genetics, bourbon and Tibica are the two most important branches of Arabica coffee.

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