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A brief introduction to the main factors of the growth environment of coffee beans whether coffee beans contain sugar and why they taste sweet

Published: 2024-11-18 Author: World Gafei
Last Updated: 2024/11/18, Professional coffee knowledge exchange more coffee bean information please follow the coffee workshop (Wechat official account cafe_style) front street-coffee growth environment, composition introduction coffee bean growth environment climate is the decisive factor for coffee cultivation, coffee trees are only suitable for growing in the tropics or subtropics, so the zone between 25 degrees south and north latitude is the most suitable for growing coffee. And this coffee production zone, one.

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Qianjie-A brief introduction to the growing environment and composition of coffee

Coffee bean growing environment

Climate is the decisive factor for coffee cultivation. Coffee trees are only suitable for growing in the tropics or subtropics, so the zone between latitude 25 degrees south and north is the most suitable for growing coffee. This coffee production zone is generally referred to as "coffee belt" or "coffee area".

However, not all the land located in this area can produce good coffee trees. The ideal planting conditions of coffee trees are as follows: the temperature is between 15 ℃ and 25 ℃, and the annual rainfall must reach 1500 mm to 2000 mm. At the same time, the rainfall time should be in line with the flowering cycle of coffee trees. That's for sure. In addition to the coordination of seasons and rainfall, there should be fertile soil. The most suitable soil for growing coffee is fertile soil with good drainage and volcanic ash. In addition, although sunlight is an indispensable element for the growth and fruit of coffee, too strong sunlight will inhibit the growth of coffee trees.

Therefore, various producing areas will usually cooperate with the planting of some sunshade trees, generally planting higher trunk plants such as bananas, mangoes and legumes. The ideal altitude is 500m ~ 2000 m, so the quality of Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee growing in 800m ~ 1200 m is the best. It can be seen that the conditions for the cultivation of high-quality coffee are very strict: sunlight, rainfall, soil, air temperature, as well as the way coffee beans are harvested and the production process will affect the quality of coffee itself.

Coffee beans contain sugar

Polysaccharides

The most abundant ingredient in raw beans is polysaccharides, accounting for 35%, 45%. Although it is called sugar, it is not sweet at all. Polysaccharides here refer to the fibers that make up the bones of plants. The polysaccharides content of Arabica species is very different from that of Canefa species.

Protein

The content of protein is 12%. Proteins and polysaccharides are important components of plant bones. In this regard, the polysaccharides content of Arabica species is very different from that of Canefa species.

Fat

Raw coffee beans contain fat, and the fat in coffee beans is composed of linoleic acid, palmitic acid and so on. In terms of oil content, Arabica fat has a higher oil content, accounting for 20%, while Canefa accounts for 1% at most.

Sugars (sucrose)

The content of sucrose (in this case, granulated sugar) is 10% for Arabica species and 3% for Canefa species. 7%.

Knowledge expansion: caffeine accounts for 0.9% Mel 1.4% in Arabica: Carneflari usually accounts for 2%, more than 3% in more cases

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