Dirkley-- the Father of Coffee trees in Central and South America

In the middle of the 18th century, cafes were opened in major cities in Europe, and the huge demand for coffee led to the popularity of growing coffee in Central America. At present, most of the Tibica coffee trees in Central America are related to the "coffee mother tree" transplanted by Deckley. In 1777, 19 million coffee trees were planted on Martinique Island alone. Haiti, Puerto Rico and Cuba in the Caribbean are also rushing to grow coffee. Guatemala in Central and South America began to grow coffee in 1705, and Costa Rica (1779), Venezuela (1784), Colombia (1732), Mexico (179 ○) and Brazil (1727) also competed to introduce coffee trees. It can be said that if the mayor of Amsterdam in 1714 had restrained his impulse to enjoy great achievements and had not given King Louis XIV a Java coffee sapling, there would have been no legend of Deckley escorting the "mother coffee tree." I'm afraid the history of coffee cultivation in Central and South America will have to be rewritten.

It was illegal for de Klee to sneak into the Royal Botanical Garden to steal coffee saplings, but he led a coffee craze in the French colonies and made a lot of foreign exchange for France. King Louis XV of France not only pardoned him for larceny, but also appointed him governor of Guadalupe in the West Indies from 1737 to 1759. His name was also included in the roster of distinguished French naval officers and died in-774. In the history of France, because of theft, it has achieved a cause that is beneficial to all mankind, Germany? Klee was the first person. William Ukers, a coffee historian and writer, applauded this period of history: "the legend of French officer de Klee vowing to protect the 'mother coffee tree' can be called the most romantic chapter in the history of human coffee cultivation." In recent years, Dakley's descendants have also planned to build a Deckley Museum in Dieppe, a resort in northern France, to commemorate his legends. It should not be too much for Deckley to be named the father of the Tiebika Coffee Tree in Central and South America.