Mellow Burundian Coffee Flavor Taste introduction to Fine Coffee in Manor production area

There are many plateaus and mountains in Burundi, most of which are composed of the plateau on the east side of the East African Rift Valley, with an average elevation of 1600 meters above sea level, which is known as the "mountain country". According to the topography, Burundi can be divided into three regions: the western plain, along the Ruzizi River, the Rift Albrtine plain, at 774 to 1000 m above sea level; the central and western mountains, with an average elevation of 1700 m, with the highest peak at Heha in the south-east of Bujumbura, 2670 m above sea level; and the east-central plateau, 1000 to 2000 m above sea level.

Hydrology

Lake Tanganyika is located on the southwest coast of Burundi, covering an area of 32900 square kilometers, with an average water depth of 700m and a maximum depth of 1455 meters. it is the second largest deepwater lake in the world after Lake Baikal in Russia.

Climate

Burundi has a subtropical and tropical climate. The lowlands of Lake Tanganyika, the western river valleys and the eastern part have a savanna climate, while the central and western regions have a tropical mountain climate. [3]

Resources

Burundi mineral deposits are mainly nickel, peat, cerium, tantalum, tin and so on. The nickel deposit is about 300 million tons and the taste is 1.5%. Peat reserves are about 500 million tons. Phosphate reserves 30.5 million tons, taste 11.1-12.6%. The limestone reserves are 2 million tons. Gold deposits are widely distributed, with large reserves in the northwest, and most of them were smuggled abroad in the 1930s. In 1993, forest coverage was 5% of the land area, but it was rapidly reduced to 3% due to fire and deforestation.

Burundi coffee was introduced by Belgian colonists in 1930. Unfortunately, many of these farms are on the border with war-torn Rwanda, putting pressure on coffee production.

Coffee producing areas in Burundi:

Coffee in Burundi is now grown only on small farms. Almost all coffee produced in Burundi is Arabian coffee beans, while coffee trees in Ngozi are planted at an altitude of more than 1200 meters.

Features of Burundian coffee:

Burundi has the most diverse and successful coffee industry in the world, and has its own characteristics. Burundian coffee is fragrant and has excellent acidity.

Flavor: mellow taste, rich aroma, excellent acidity

Suggested baking method: medium to deep baking

★★: good

Burundian coffee market:

Burundian coffee products are mostly exported to the United States, Germany, Finland and Japan for deep-roasted coffee beans suitable for espresso.

The cultivation of Arabica coffee trees in Cameroon (Cameroon) began in 1913 as the Blue Mountain Coffee from Jamaica, but the country also produces large quantities of Robbins coffee. The quality and characteristics of Cameroon coffee is similar to that of coffee from South America. The best coffee in the country comes from Bamileke and Bamoun in the northwest. Here, it also grows some giant coffee beans and bean-shaped berry coffee.

Since the late 1980s, coffee production in Cameroon has declined, from 1.8 million bags in 1987 to 1.1 million bags in 1990, while Arabica coffee has dropped from 400000 bags to 200000 bags in the same period. Today, due to the strengthening of the management of the State Coffee Supervision Bureau (National Coffee Supervisory Agency), the output and quality of coffee may pick up.