Introduction to the cultivation of Coffee beans in China

"White jade carved green leaves, coral beads United, braving the rain to see the coffee, lingering can not bear to return. The flowers often bring rain, and the smell is as strong as milk. The mountain birds call at night and pick up fallen pearls in the Ming Dynasty. " This is a "Bodhisattva Man" depicting the coffee garden. Anyone who has been to the coffee garden will applaud the author's poem. The scenery of the coffee garden on Hainan Island is charming, and the coffee produced in Hainan Island is also fragrant.

Coffee originated in tropical Africa, belongs to Rubiaceae perennial woody plants, the tree potential is not high, is a shrub or small tree type. Most of the soil in Hainan Province is latosol formed by weathering of granite and basalt, and the content of organic matter in the surface layer is 1.8%, 3.5%, which is very suitable for coffee growth. As early as 1898, overseas Chinese introduced coffee seedlings and planted them in Shilenpo Village, Nanyang Town, Wenchang City. In 1908, overseas Chinese introduced coffee and planted it near Nada Town in Jindan County. In 1935, overseas Chinese set up a Fumin Reclamation Company in Fushan Town, Chengmai County, planted coffee in a large area and began to produce commercial coffee. However, due to various reasons, Hainan coffee always has ups and downs. By 1979, the planting area of the province was only 5100 mu, with an annual output of 36 tons of dried beans (after the third Plenary session of the 11th CPC Central Committee, Hainan's coffee production achieved sustained and stable development).

Hainan coffee was first introduced into the middle seed species, known as Robashi seed abroad, planted in Fushan Town of Chengmai County and Xinglong overseas Chinese Farm of Wanning County. This kind of coffee has been domesticated under the local conditions of Hainan, and its quality has undergone subtle changes, such as stir-frying and brewing, and its smell is mellow and delicious. When Comrade Zhou Enlai came to Hainan to inspect his work, he drank Xinglong coffee and praised it as a good product. The coffee technician of New York General Food Co., Ltd. came to Hainan to inspect coffee production, brought his own coffee tasting utensils, and made Hainan seed coffee by himself. After trying it, he thought that the taste was mellow, irritating, and more in line with the taste of the majority of users. it can be seen that Hainan coffee has formed its own unique flavor and won praise at home and abroad.