La Reunion Reunion, a coffee producer in the world

Is no longer the hometown of bourbon Arabica coffee beans.

In 1715, the first coffee trees (about 40) were transported from the Yemeni port of Moka to La R é union, but unfortunately only two survived. By 1719, coffee plantations had begun to flourish and the first coffee beans were sold. Over the next few years, the government took a hard measure: the islanders, black and white, had to plant 100 coffee trees a year. The law was amended in 1723 to emphasize that all slaves must plant 200 mocha coffee trees a year and that anyone who damaged the coffee tree should be put to death.

At that time, the island was still a French colony, called Bourbon Island, where coffee was produced and Arabian coffee trees shipped from the area to other countries also had a name.

Interestingly, today, "bourbon" Arabian coffee trees have been widely cultivated and favored around the world, but almost no coffee is grown in Reunion. Here are the general characteristics of bourbon coffee.