Listen to coffee hometown people preach the basic knowledge of coffee culture

Sitting in a corner of the U-shaped classroom at the International officials School of the Ministry of Commerce, he listened attentively to the training teacher and actively asked his own questions. During the 15-minute break, he kept filling in the questionnaire sent by the teacher, and from time to time found the teacher's assistant to ask questions of one kind or another. I didn't notice me sitting in the seat next to him, trying to talk to him all the time, which left me moody after sitting for a few minutes.

At the end of the second training session that morning, I hastened to talk to him in his spare time. Our conversation began with the coffee on his table. Anduram Danboba, from Ethiopia, the hometown of coffee, is a senior technician in the Radio and Television Bureau. At present, there are three most important origin of coffee beans in the world, namely: Arabica, Robasta and Liberia. Among them, Arabica coffee tree accounts for 70% of the world's coffee production, almost all the world-famous coffee varieties are Arabica species, and the country of origin of this coffee tree is Ethiopia, the star on the African continent.

When asked how he felt about the coffee he drank in China, Anduram said bluntly to me without being polite to my host, "the coffee here is really not good. The coffee in our country is delicious. It can't be compared." Although he felt that the coffee here was not good, he chose coffee among many drinks after years of habit.

According to Anduram, coffee cultivation is the main income of Ethiopians, and its output ranks second in Africa. Eighty-five percent of domestic households grow coffee, and other cash crops include flowers, sesame seeds, beans and so on.

Ethiopians grow coffee in almost every household and drink coffee every day, and coffee shops can be found everywhere on the streets. As for the price of coffee, of course, it is also very low. Anduram calculated that it costs only 80 bill ($1 = 16 bill) per kilogram of coffee in Ethiopia, or $5, or more than 30 yuan, which is only enough to buy a cup of coffee at Starbucks in China.

I once read a report that the reason why Xizang people living at high elevations are able to live in a hypoxia environment is because they carry genes that are resistant to hypoxia. In the face of Anduram, the hometown of coffee, I naturally wonder whether their bodies also contain anti-caffeine genes. Like me, drinking coffee will affect sleep. To my surprise, Anduram's answer was yes, and he couldn't sleep after drinking coffee before going to bed. It seems that this question is just a whim of mine.

In addition to the differences in the quality and price of coffee, Anduram also pointed out the differences in coffee drinking habits between the two countries. In China, many people have coffee for breakfast. In Ethiopia, most people drink coffee at lunch. Anduram himself can drink three to four cups of coffee a day, usually during the day and not in the morning and evening.

What makes Anduram most unaccustomed to drinking coffee in China is not adding sugar. "in our country, coffee is sweetened," he said. Even we add sugar to our tea. Here, no one adds sugar. " On this point, I explained to him that in China, many people also add sugar to their coffee, but they usually drink tea without sugar. On the other hand, there is a piece of sugar in the drink area outside the classroom, and whether you drink coffee with sugar or not depends on your habits.

Listening to Anduram talk eloquently about their coffee culture, I, who have always been not interested in coffee, seems to be in that mysterious land, and the coffee fragrance in the air will dilute the uproar of the world into a kind of ultimate peace of mind. (this article is reproduced)