Introduction to the characteristics of Dominican Coffee Flavor and Taste Manor

In December 1492, Christopher Columbus arrived on Hispaniola on his first voyage. On his second voyage there in 1493, Santo Domingo became the capital of the island. [3]

Thousands of Tylenos were demoted to slavery and engaged in gold mining. Due to a series of oppression, hunger and disease, by 1535, the Tino had only 60,000 left. In 1501, King Ferdinand I and Isabella of Spain were the first to allow Caribbean colonists to introduce slaves from Africa. They began to arrive on the island in 1503. [3]

In the early days, the Spanish island was the main colony of the Spanish in the New World. After the Spanish conquered the Aztec Empire and the Inca Empire, they began to focus on the American continent and gradually ignored Hispaniola. [3]

In 1586, Captain Drake of England led a fleet to attack Santo Domingo, but was stationed

The Spanish troops repelled. Between 1605 and 1606, towns on the west coast of Hispaniola were often plundered by pirates, causing most of the local population to move inland. [3]

At the beginning of the 17th century, when French, Dutch and British pirates were operating in the west of Hispaniola, France began to allow farmers and merchants to gradually colonize the western part of the Spanish island, which was blocked by mountains on the island. It didn't attract the attention of the Spaniards in the east. [3]

In 1677, about 4,000 French lived in 11 villages in the west of the island. In 1697, France and Spain ceded the western part of the island to France according to the Leswick Treaty of the Alliance War, formally recognizing French sovereignty over Haiti in the western part of the Spanish island, and the eastern part of the Spanish island was called East Santo Domingo. With the continuous development of French agricultural economy on the island of Hispaniola and the introduction of African slave farming, Haiti became a very productive French colony at the end of the 18th century, when the population of Haiti reached more than 500,000. At this time, blacks accounted for nine out of every ten Haitians, making up the majority race. The population of the Spanish colony of Santo Domingo in the southeast is 150000, and the proportion of the two places is quite different. [3]

In 1700, the Bourbon dynasty replaced the Habsburg dynasty in Spain. The new dynasty introduced some economic reforms. Trade in Santo Domingo began to flourish. [3]

French rule (1795-1809)

In 1795, France and Spain signed the Basel Peace Treaty in Switzerland, agreeing to transfer Spain

The Santo Domingo region in the east of the island was ceded to France, making the Spanish island a complete French colony. Six years later, Toussaint Lovidur, a black Haitian, led other black slaves to revolt against French rule, and in 1801 captured Santo Domingo, which had just been ruled by France, thus unifying the entire Spanish island.

The earliest coffee in Dominica was introduced from Martinique (the overseas province of France), dating back to the early 18th century. Dominica is an island country with a tropical climate, with little change in temperature throughout the year. Except for the lower temperature in the Central Cordillera Mountains, which can reach less than 0 ℃ in winter, the average annual temperature in other areas is between 25 and 30 ℃, while affected by the mountain topography, the north and east face the northeast trade wind with an annual precipitation of 1500-2500 mm, which belongs to tropical maritime climate. The mountain forest is dense, the leeward southwest annual precipitation is 500-1000 mm, the dry season is long, belongs to the savanna climate.

The temperate climate in Dominica is conducive to coffee cultivation, and the best places to grow coffee are the Barahona region in the southwest and the Cibao Valley north of Santiago, Dominica's second largest city. The northern region, represented by Hibao, and the southern region, including Okayabani Santo Domingo, produce good coffee. Among them, the coffee produced by Santo Domingo and Barney is famous all over the world, and Dominica coffee is almost synonymous with domiga coffee. Dominica coffee varies slightly according to the altitude of the planting region, the highland is sour, but the taste is rich; the lowland is less sour and tastes smoother. On the other hand, the high-quality coffee beans produced by some Dominican estates are rich in aroma, mellow in taste and moderately bright sour. It is often compared with the famous Puerto Rican or Jamaican coffee beans. The original meaning of the name Dominica means "Sunday". It was given when Columbus first came to America to discover it, because it happened to be a Sunday. This seemingly random name is quite far-sighted today, because a good cup of coffee can bring people a relaxed and pleasant mood.