Kinds of coffee, all kinds of coffee beans.

Let's talk about the type of coffee again:

There are four kinds of coffee trees in the world, but the coffee we drink now is mainly the fruit of two kinds of coffee trees, one is Arabica, the other is Robasta.

Coffee trees in Arabica are not easy to grow, many are on high-altitude slopes, and picking needs to be done manually. But it is better to have a balanced taste and less caffeine. And Robasta is relatively easy to grow, a variety of heat-resistant, cold-resistant, moisture-resistant, drought-resistant, disease-resistant. Once upon a time, coffee in Vietnam was planted by Robasta because of leaf rust and all the coffee trees planted in Arabica died. In addition, Rothbata is also relatively easy to harvest, in addition to manual vibration machines can also be competent. This variety has all kinds of benefits, but what is fatal is that the coffee beans produced are poor in aroma, lack of bitterness, lack of acidity, and high caffeine content, so they are mostly used to make instant coffee. Now most of the beans on the market are grown in Arabica.

Global coffee distribution

The choice of coffee beans

In addition to two general categories of coffee beans, different soils and climates also have a great impact on the quality of coffee beans. When you buy coffee beans, you may see that dazzling adjectives are used to describe different coffee flavors, such as tropical fruit flavor, caramel flavor, nut flavor, cocoa flavor and so on. But when you do get the beans, you will find that you can't taste so many flavors in the description at all, and you will inevitably laugh at yourself at "dull taste buds" or even lose interest in coffee. In fact, I think it is very normal not to taste the flavor described. These descriptions of coffee flavor actually come from the coffee flavor wheel produced by SCAA (Specialty Coffee Association of America, American Special Coffee Association).

Coffee flavor wheel

It describes and defines the taste spectrum of coffee according to its taste (sour, bitter, sweet, salty) and wet aroma (flower, fruit, nut, chocolate, spice, etc.). In fact, as a standardized process, it serves for professional cup testing systems. For the general public who drink coffee is just a simple hobby, there is really no need to take it seriously, not to mention that the taste itself is very subjective, and it is king if you think it tastes good.

Various varieties of coffee beans

The following begins to introduce the characteristics of various varieties of coffee beans, because there are so many varieties that it is difficult to introduce them one by one, so only some of the more famous ones are selected to talk about. In fact, it is not a realistic thing to understand all kinds of coffee in the world, it is best to combine various producing areas, beans (iron pickup, bourbon, etc.), treatment methods (washing, sun, etc.) to come up with an overall concept, and then to distinguish the differences of all kinds of coffee.

The editor asked me to add specific product introductions and links, which is really a bit difficult, because the beans now baked are bought by cafes and then baked by themselves, and some of them will be sold on the Internet. If you give a specific link, you will inevitably have the suspicion of advertising, so I will only give you a search link for the baked beans. Generally speaking, a professional bakery will write down in the description which manor it comes from, the way the coffee beans are handled, the grade, the baking depth and the flavor. Even if it is not written, you can ask the shopkeeper about it.