Variety and taste of coffee beans introduce the common bourbon coffee colorful rainbow in the coffee world

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Qianjie-introduction of three major coffee bean species and bourbon coffee varieties

Arabica is a typical "Gaoling flower" belongs to highland coffee, boutique coffee is mostly in this category, such as the Blue Mountain in the hearts of coffee fans belong to the idol of coffee, is also Arabica species. It has appeared for the longest time in human history, and it is said that the coffee that was first introduced into the western world from the Arab world is Arabica coffee.

It is the only coffee that all native species can drink directly, but it has a fatal point is its low disease resistance, how low is it? Sri Lanka was once a famous coffee-growing country, but all Arabica coffee growers in the country went home because of a coffee leaf rust, and they had no choice but to switch to black tea. It can be found in South America, Central America, Africa and parts of Asia.

"Robusta" coffee, commonly known as "sturdy beans", can be grown at low elevations (200 to 800 meters above sea level), has strong resistance to diseases and insect pests, is not vulnerable to agricultural disasters, has a high annual output per unit area, and is harvested in large quantities by machine. in general, the cost of production is much lower than that of Arabica coffee.

"Robusta" coffee is usually mundane, dull and pungent, and because the vast majority of robusta around the world are grown at low elevations. The flavor produced by different regions and different climates is not very different, and there is a lack of personality. When unbaked, it smells like raw peanuts, and the taste of cheap robusta coffee beans is usually between "wheat tea" (light baking) and "rubber tire flavor" (deep roasting). It is difficult to show a meticulous flavor.

Bourbon

Bourbon has the same tall and conical shape as the tin pickup, but it has more secondary branches and is thicker. The main trunk and branches are thicker, so they are stronger than tin cards and are relatively less flexible. The branches are denser, and this increase in density means that bourbon can produce about 30% more coffee cherries than tin pickle.

The bourbon leaves are wider and rougher than tin cards, and the edges of the leaves are wavy. Young leaves are usually green, but sometimes have bronze tips. Coffee cherries are round and change to a variety of colors when ripe, such as red, orange or yellow (but the color on the same plant is the same).

Powder bourbon

Pink bourbon is a mixture of red bourbon and yellow bourbon. As the name implies, its coffee cherries are romantic pink when ripe, which is a very rare variety. Because the color of coffee fruit is determined by recessive genes in pollen grains, the color of coffee fruit is unstable. The yellow genes that tend to yellow bourbon and the red genes that tend to red bourbon interfere with each other, making it difficult to maintain this beautiful pink, sometimes harvesting some orange bourbon. But I have to mention that the disease resistance of pink bourbon is actually very good, and the flavor is also very special.

Knowledge: Kaddura's adaptability is strong, does not need shade trees, direct exposure to the sun can also be full of vitality, known as exposure coffee (Sun Coffee), can adapt to high-density planting, but must apply more fertilizer, increase costs, so the initial acceptance of coffee farmers is not high.

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