Latest developments in Taiwan Coffee International auction for Geisha Coffee reached a record of 14000 per pound

The first PCA raw bean auction in Taiwan's coffee history reached a high price of US $500.5 per pound (about NT $10, 4000), Yahoo yahoo reported.

The identity of the buyer, which attracted a lot of attention, was also revealed on September 3. the identity of the buyer was four domestic coffee manufacturers who worked together to keep Taiwan's champion coffee at the highest price, respectively, round stone coffee founder Zhuang Jiabang, Heavo coffee founder Lin Peini, Xingbo coffee world barista champion Wu Zelin and Kakalove Tu Bangjue jointly bid for Taiwan champion coffee at US $500.5 per pound.

According to relevant information, the first place this time ended with US $500.5 per pound, and the Taiwan team left the Taiwan coffee in Taiwan with 10 times the average price. The closing gold broke the record of hundreds of competitions and bids held in the 20 years since the establishment of ACE, and shocked the world boutique coffee industry.

The information shows that:

ACE (excellent Cup Coffee Alliance, Alliance for Coffee Excellence) is the most important coffee competition and bidding organization in the world. So far, it has held the excellent Cup Coffee Competition in more than ten countries. Its evaluation and bidding results have an authoritative position in the boutique coffee industry, and can be said to be the guidance of coffee producers in the world.

This is the first time that Taiwan coffee has entered the international bidding stage. the process of the competition is to conduct two rounds of preliminary review in China, select 20 coffee beans, then send the coffee beans to the international jury (Global Coffee Centers,GCCs) for scoring, and then conduct an international network simultaneous bidding on the ACE platform after the scores are announced.

On the evening of August 31st, the international bidding for 2021 collections of Taiwan boutique coffee ended.

A total of 19 coffee beans were sent to the international jury for grading, and 9 Taiwan coffee beans were selected for the final auction, of which 5 were from Chiayi.

According to related sources, nine coffee beans with more than 86 points were detected in the international jury cup, which were from Zhuowushan Coffee Farm, Amber Society Coffee Farm, Zou Zhuyuan, Songyue Coffee Manor, Yuanfu Coffee Manor, Green Leaf Coffee Manor and Senyue Peak Coffee Manor on behalf of Taiwan in the international auction platform of the Outstanding Coffee Alliance.

Among them, the king of Taiwan coffee label comes from Chiayi Zhuowu Mountain Coffee Farm, which sells for a good price of $500.5 per pound.

With aromas of jasmine, orange blossom, peach and white grape, its cup test has conquered the taste buds of many international coffee judges, achieving a high score of 89.77 and a historic honor milestone belonging to Taiwan.

The only coffee variety in the top five is SL34, which sold at auction for $72.50 per pound. According to reports, Chen Hede, head of Amber Coffee Manor, said: to make coffee with good flavor, field management, geological characteristics and post-production technology are also very important.

In addition, the first PCA Taiwan Raw Bean International bidding Conference also attracted 14 countries, including the United States, France, Japan and Saudi Arabia, to participate in the bidding, which to a certain extent proved that the quality of Taiwan coffee has been recognized by international buyers, including the blue bottle coffee Blue Bottle Coffee known as APPLE in the coffee industry.

On the planting History of Coffee in Taiwan

Taiwan has a history of growing coffee for more than a century, and it is also the earliest place in China to grow coffee. The first coffee tree was successfully planted in Taiwan Province in 1884. Since then, there have been coffee trees in China.

At present, in addition to growing coffee in Taiwan, it also includes Yunnan, Hainan and other places, of which Yunnan is the main coffee producing area in China.

The earliest coffee planting record in Taiwan is that Deji Foreign Company, a British businessman during the Qing Dynasty, introduced Arabica coffee varieties from Manila in 1884 and planted them in the seamounts area of present-day New Taipei City and Wenshan District of Taipei City. However, because of a fire in the middle, these coffee trees were burned out, and the transplanted coffee trees could not adapt to the climate and environment of Taiwan. So Deji finally gave up the cultivation of coffee.

The real large-scale cultivation of coffee was in the 1930s during the Japanese rule, when the Japanese set up agricultural institutions in Hengchun, Chiayi and Shilin to actively introduce and cultivate coffee, and coffee gradually became an important special cash crop.

After World War II, Taiwan's coffee industry was hit hard.

It was not until 2000 that Taiwan coffee began to recover gradually.

* Source of some information and pictures: Internet

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