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An introduction to the relationship between Qianjie-Arabica and Rosa

Rose summer is the king of coffee, low production and excellent flavor, not only won many awards in the world raw bean competition, but also the price has been high, attractive flavor and high price make many people prohibitive. Have you ever known that Rosa is a derivative of Arabica? Then Qianjie will introduce the varieties of Rose Xia today.

The main producing areas of Arabica species are Central America, South America, Africa (mainly in Ethiopia, Kenya and other East African countries), Asia (mainly in Indonesia, Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries) and Hawaii in the United States. Coffee trees grown in Arabica are suitable for colder tropical high-altitude areas. Especially like to grow on steep hillsides, especially the terrain with large temperature difference between day and night, suitable sunshine and shade, and prone to morning fog can grow high-quality Arabica beans. Rich volcanic soil with enough moisture and moisture and rich in organic matter is an excellent environment for growing coffee. The main producing areas of coffee are mainly concentrated in tropical countries between Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Cancer, in which the quality of coffee in the north of the equator is better than that in the south of the equator.

Arabica beans are small granule beans with flat and oval shape, strong smell, rich and delicate smell, pleasant sour taste, smooth texture and less bitter taste.

Arabica species originated from Ethiopia, spread all over the country, and after repeated mutation and hybridization, many coffee varieties have been derived, some of which have been improved in quality and flavor. some have been improved in environmental adaptability, disease and insect resistance and yield, and now dozens of varieties have been developed. The main varieties are: bourbon, Itsuka, Kaddura, Kaduai, Pacamara, Kadimo, Malaggippe, Mondonovo, Kent, Amareo, mutant Colombia and so on.

Rosa Geisha or Gesha (Geisha in Central America) is a precious coffee variety with unique jasmine aroma and bright acidity. It often dominates all kinds of coffee competitions and becomes more and more expensive.

Rose seeds were first collected from the wild Kafa forest in southwestern Ethiopia in the 1930s, when people were looking for new disease-resistant coffee varieties. The name of Rosa comes from the nearby Gesha Mountain. The rose seeds were first taken to Tanzania and then to Costa Rica, where the Center for Tropical Agricultural Research (CATIE) marked it T2722. In the 1950s and 1960s, T2722 was planted in some coffee farms as a disease-resistant variety, but it was not widely cultivated because of its low yield.

Arabica coffee beans are grown on steep slopes, are not easy to be harvested mechanically, are mainly picked manually, and the transportation is inconvenient, so the price of Arabica beans is significantly higher than that of Robusta beans.

Knowledge expansion: Rosa is a wild variety that has not yet been domesticated (turning the natural reproductive process of wild plants into an artificially controlled process) for commercial use, so the seedlings are probably not really purebred Rosa.

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