Definition of Coffee Tree basic knowledge of Fine Coffee

Coffee trees are evergreen shrubs with slender trunks and many branches. In order to facilitate harvesting, coffee trees on the farm are usually maintained at about 1.5 meters. Wild coffee trees may grow to seven or eight meters, or even as high as 10 meters.

After the coffee is planted, it will take about five years to grow, blossom and bear fruit for the first time for farmers to harvest. In these five long years, the seeder can only look forward to it, and the backlog of funds often makes people reluctant to grow coffee. The yield of Arabica coffee was booming from the third to the fifth year after Arabica coffee, and gradually declined after the sixth year. Therefore, it is generally necessary to renew and rejuvenate in the sixth or seventh year, that is, it is sawed off at 30 centimeters of the trunk to allow it to grow branches and leaves again, a step called "Cut Back".

Generally speaking, the coffee produced from the first to the fourth year is of better quality and flavor. For example, Brazil's Santos coffee, beans born in the first to fourth years, are curved in shape, small in size and quite dense in texture. They are excellent for selected coffee lovers. They are called "bourbon Santos" (Bourbon Santos). The beans that grow later will become bigger and flatter in shape, and the flavor is not as good as the former. It is called "flat bean Santos" Flat Bean Santos on the market, that is, "Brazilian coffee" that is often seen in general stores.