Where is coffee mainly grown in Ecuador? What well-known manors are there in Chimborazo Province?

South America is rich in natural resources. In the west, it has the longest mountains in the world, and the Andes, which is one of the highest mountain systems in the world. It is also rich in volcanoes, hydropower resources and forest resources. South America is mainly tropical, most areas have tropical rain forest climate and savanna climate, warm and humid, coupled with the fertile soil given by volcanic ash, these conditions are very suitable for coffee cultivation, so South America has many large coffee producing countries, such as Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and so on.

In South America, there are large coffee producing countries such as Brazil and Colombia, while Ecuador has low production, but its unique growth conditions of caffeine have been internationally recognized. Coffee was introduced to Ecuador in the 19th century, but at that time the cocoa industry was a major industry such as Ecuador, so coffee cultivation was not taken seriously. It was not until the 20th century that cocoa plants were seriously affected by cocoa swollen branch disease and black fruit disease, which seriously damaged the cocoa industry. Farmers began to turn to coffee, which gradually became one of the major industries in Ecuador.

However, the good times did not last long. In the 1990s, there was a coffee price crisis, which led to a sharp decline in Ecuadorian coffee production, and the Ecuadorian government turned to the development of the oil industry. As a result, the development of Ecuadorian coffee industry is slower than other South American countries. It is only in recent years that the coffee industry in Ecuador has begun to recover.

"Ecuador" means "equator" in Spanish, and Ecuador is also known as "equator country". The country has a very suitable environment for coffee cultivation, Ecuador is located in the northwest of South America, with Colombia and Peru as neighbors, is a land and sea country. And the country is crossed by the equator in the north and the Andes in the north and south. The country can be divided into three parts: the western coastal areas, the central mountains and the eastern regions.

Boutique coffee producing areas are mainly concentrated in the central mountain areas, mainly the Andes, divided into the East and West Cordillera Mountains, between the two mountains is high in the north and low in the south, with an average elevation of between 2500 meters and 3000 meters. And there are many volcanoes, including the famous Kotopaxi volcano, which is one of the highest active volcanoes in the world. Here is mainly savanna climate and subtropical forest climate, more than 4000 meters above sea level perennial snow. With a variety of climate, abundant rainfall, volcanic soil and snow meltwater, these resources make the area an important city of coffee producing areas.

The coffee producing areas are roughly divided into north and south two high areas, the northern region is mainly Karch province Carchi, Imbabula Imbabura, Picincha province Pichincha, while the south is mainly Loha province Loja, Asua province Azuay, and Chimborazo province Chimborazo.

Ecuador is currently best known for Pichincha in Pichincha province and Loja in Loha province, but in fact Chimborazo in Chimborazo province has come to the fore in recent years.

Chimborazo province Chimborazo is located in central Ecuador, 150km south-southwest of the capital Quito, named after Mount Chimborazo (Chimborazo), a conical extinct volcano in the province. Mount Chimborazo is the highest peak in Ecuador, reaching 6272 meters above sea level. The mountain is a dormant volcano with many craters and glaciers at the top. Therefore, the agriculture and animal husbandry here is developed, coffee is mainly grown in the area of 1650-2000 meters, with fertile soil provided by volcanoes, as well as pure glaciers combined with sufficient sunlight throughout the day, providing a high-quality ecological environment for coffee growth.

In Chimborazo province, the best-known estate is Hacienda Lugmapata, an estate run by Merino D á valos and his family, located in Palatanga, Chimborazo, Ecuador. Coffee cultivation only began in 2012, and more than 50, 000 coffee trees are now planted, including a number of coffee varieties, such as bourbon Bourbon, Hijaw Sidra, improved Iron truck Typica Mejorado and Patch Pache.

The estate won the 2022 Ecuador Excellence Cup COE championship in 2022. In addition to growing coffee, in order to improve the lives of people living in and around Palatanga and teach them how to produce high-quality coffee, coffee grown by surrounding small farmers will also be purchased for centralized processing and sale.