How many kinds of coffee beans are there in Africa? there are several varieties of coffee in Kenya and two are popular in the world.

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Qianjie-Kenyan Coffee introduction

As we all know, Africa is the birthplace of coffee, its coffee beans have a unique fragrance, taste consistent with the temperament of the African continent, all with a touch of wild, mostly with some sour red wine. The famous Ethiopia, which was the first to discover coffee trees in Arabica, grows coffee almost everywhere in the country. The coffee beans have special wine aroma and sour. The Yega Snow Coffee produced by Sidamo in the south is famous all over the world. In addition, Yemen, Kenya, Tanzania and so on are rich in famous coffee varieties with African flavor.

Altitude, geology, latitude, treatment methods and varieties have made Kenyan coffee a heavyweight in the boutique world.

Altitude, latitude, geology: the equator runs through Kenya, and the border is just within ten degrees of north and south latitude. Belonging to tropical producing areas, there are two rainy seasons every year, with two harvests, with 60% concentrated from October to December and another 40% from June to August. Coffee is mainly grown in volcanic land around 1600-2100 meters above sea level from the capital Narobi to the mountains of Kenya. This height is suitable for the development of coffee bean flavor, because the mountain temperature is lower, the growth is slow, the aroma components of coffee beans have been fully developed, the sour taste is more obvious, and the texture is harder. This fertile moonbend-shaped coffee area is the main producer of Kenyan boutique beans.

Coffee is Kenya's second export product after tea. The main variety of coffee beans produced in Kenya is Arabica, which is one of the best quality coffee varieties in the world.

Kenyan coffee varieties: two Kenyan varieties have particularly attracted the attention of the boutique coffee industry: SL-28 and SL-34. This is Guy from Scott Lab (Scott Laboratories). The research project led by Guy Gibson produced two of the 40 experimental varieties, but these varieties are susceptible to leaf rust.

The bourbon variants (SL-28) and (SL-34) have always been the winners of the expert cup test Narobi auction. The Kenyan raspberry flavor comes from these two beans-- especially (SL-28)-- is the consensus of experts. But although his flavor is good, his production capacity and disease resistance is not good.

Kenya spares no effort in developing varieties that are resistant to leaf rust. Ruiru11 is the first variety to be approved successfully by the Kenyan Coffee Council, even though boutique coffee buyers are lukewarm about the variety. In recent years, the Coffee Committee has launched another variety called Batian. The quality seems to have improved, and people are optimistic about its future cup performance. Coffee palate: Kenyan coffee is famous for its distinctive and complex berry and fruit flavors, with sweetness and tight acidity

Knowledge: the quality of coffee can be changed according to altitude, latitude and soil chemical composition. Growing coffee outside the right range of factors will greatly change the final quality of coffee.

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