What are the characteristics of Zimbabwe coffee beans? Zimbabwe coffee beans taste sour like Kenya.

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Located in the interior of southeastern Africa, Zimbabwe is surrounded by the Victoria Falls, the Zambesi River River, the Kariba Dam Dam in the upper Zambezi River and Lake Kaliba, which blocks the accumulation of water from the river, forming the northern border of Zimbabwe, bordering Zambia.

Zimbabwe is bounded by Mozambique in the east, Botswana in the southwest and South Africa in part, bounded by the Limpopo River River. The area is about 391000 square kilometers.

Zimbabwe only began to grow coffee in the early 20th century, but it was almost wiped out by insect pests around 1920. Since 1950, with the migration of coffee farmers from India and Kenya to Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe has the knowledge and technology to produce quality coffee. It was only when farmers in southern Africa set up coffee plantations around the 1960s that they slowly began to grow them on a large scale.

Coffee from Zimbabwe may be relatively rare now, but in fact, Zimbabwe used to produce about 15000 tons of high-quality coffee beans like Brazil, Kenya and Ethiopia. At the peak of coffee production in Zimbabwe, the coffee industry employed more than 20000 people, contributed more than 2 per cent of GDP and generated foreign exchange earnings of more than US $54 million. After 2000, due to political unrest and other reasons, Zimbabwe's coffee industry fell off a cliff.

Coffee cultivation in Zimbabwe began relatively recently, in the 1960s, when farmers in southern Africa set up coffee plantations. The sour and fruity flavors of Zimbabwean coffee are similar to those of Kenyan coffee, but the concentration is higher and the wine flavor and flavor are stronger than Kenyan coffee.

The coffee-growing areas of Zimbabwe are mainly distributed in the northeast of the Chimanimani Mountains. The mountain range is located near the border between Zimbabwe and Mozambique and is especially famous for Qipingka, which is located on the eastern plateau. In addition, Pinacol, Papir, Lalus and so on, are also a handful of large farms. Among the eight famous farms, Pinacol Farm is almost so picky about its coffee beans that it can no longer be picky.

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