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Cuba is famous for its sugar, tobacco and coffee, which was introduced from Haiti by the French in the mid-18th century. According to the size of the coffee beans, the coffee beans are classified into ETL(Special), TL(Intermediate) and AL(Ordinary). Coffee beans produced in Cuba are rich in texture and have a strong smoky taste.

In Cuba, coffee cultivation is regulated by the State. Cuba's best coffee-growing areas are located in the Central Mountains. Because this area is not only planted with coffee, but also produces precious minerals such as quartz and crystal, it is also known as Crystal Mountain. Currently, Crystal Mountain Coffee is synonymous with premium Cuban coffee. Crystal Mountain Coffee is characterized by its large size and bright green color.

Cuban coffee beans are mostly picked by hand. During the ripening period of coffee beans, they are picked about once every half month. After picking, coffee beans are sorted to eliminate immature and bad beans to ensure coffee quality. Cubans usually treat coffee beans in two ways-sun and water. Solarization is the simplest, cheapest, and most traditional way to treat coffee. It involves drying the coffee fruit in the sun, but not fermenting it. The average drying time is about four weeks. The washing law allows the aroma of fruit to enter the coffee beans more, adding a rough fruit aroma to the coffee.

Crystal Mountain Coffee is very expensive. There are two main reasons: first, the economic sanctions imposed by the United States against Cuba, which do not allow Cuba to import goods; second, Cuban coffee beans are currently mostly bought by the French and Japanese markets, especially Japan, so it is difficult to buy coffee beans directly from Cuba. Despite this, Cuban coffee is still on par with Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee in the hearts of coffee lovers around the world.

Crystal Mountain coffee beans are typical island beans, taste clean and delicate, slightly sour, not strong but very persistent, and with sweet melon fragrance. The coffee brewed from it has a rare and perfect taste: bitter with aroma, rich and smooth taste. It has a slightly wine-like bitterness and a hint of sweetness, but also contains a hint of smoke, delicate and smooth, refreshing and elegant. Many flavors mixed together and matched almost perfectly.