Bourbon Coffee Variety introduction Bourbon Coffee beans are low in caffeine but delicate

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Let's start with bourbon coffee (Bourbon Coffee). Bourbon is one of the two branches of Arabica coffee, and the other is called Tibica. Bourbon coffee originated on a small island called Reunion, which is located in the sea near Madagascar. As shown below:

The archipelago was first discovered by the Portuguese Masklin in 1513, and the island of Reunion was one of the archipelago. In 1642, France officially announced its occupation of the island, during the reign of Louis XIV, the famous Bourbon dynasty, and in order to commemorate the achievements of Louis XIV, it was officially named Bourbon Island in 1649.

The island has a very important geographical location and has been used as a transit point for France to and from the Indian Ocean. At that time, the Yemeni government gave coffee beans to Louis XIV as a gift, and later the French successfully transported the coffee beans from the Yemeni port to the island of Bourbon and cultivated them. Since then, bourbon coffee has flourished, and later split into two ways, all the way around the Cape of good Hope into Brazil, and the other to Kenya, Tanzania and other places in East Africa.

Bourbon species originated in Ethiopia, the natural mutant variety of Bourbon, originally appeared in Reunion/ Reunion Island, was first recorded in 1947, Burundi, Rwanda and South America are the main coffee growers in Bourbon, although this variety is similar to tin card species, bourbon species are stronger and more productive, have lower caffeine content but shorter plants, lower disease resistance, and are more prone to leaf rust.

Bourbon, the second species caused by the Typica mutation, is the oldest coffee variety in existence, and the green fruit appears bright red when it is ripe.

After the red bourbon general coffee tree blossoms and bears fruit, the color change of the coffee fruit is: green > turn yellowish > turn slightly orange > turn mature red > turn more ripe dark red, so some people also call it [red bourbon], in fact, red bourbon, that is, what we call bourbon species. Bourbon planted at high altitude usually has a better aroma, while the acid is brighter and even tastes like red wine.

Generally speaking, bourbon is a coffee tree that belongs to a branch of Arabica species, generally bearing red fruit, called red bourbon, in addition to yellow bourbon, orange bourbon, yellow bourbon relatively low yield, but better quality.

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