Introduction to the quality characteristics of Burundian Coffee Flavor description treatment

Burundian Coffee introduction

Traceability is a common problem faced by coffee growers, raw bean buyers and coffee roasters. There are currently about 3500 families working for LMCP. Production harvesting areas are distributed on eight different hilltops and two processing plants-Bukeye (operational in 2013) and Heza (operational in 2014). There are many variables that affect the quality of the final beans. For example, each mountain has a different microclimate, which in turn affects the growth, picking and handling of coffee fruits, and varies from day to day. Nathan James Johnston, the boss of Cartel Coffee Roasters in Australia, said: "working with Long Miles, we can know exactly where, when and who picked the coffee, which means a lot to us."

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 enhanced management of the National Coffee Supervision Agency (National Coffee Supervisory Agency), it is possible to return the production and quality of coffee to Burundi (Burundi), which has the most diverse and successful coffee industry in the world and has its own characteristics. Coffee in this country was introduced by Belgian colonists in 1930 and is now grown only on small farms. Unfortunately, many of these farms are on the border with war-torn Rwanda, putting pressure on coffee production. 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. Burundian coffee has a rich aroma and excellent acidity, and most of its products are exported to the United States, Germany, Finland and Japan.

1 Sustainability

"Sustainability" is an old topic in the boutique coffee industry, but most coffee companies still want to buy the best coffee at the lowest price, which is not sustainable for local growers. What can we do to solve this problem?

First of all, we need to understand one thing: for most Burundian families, they do not use the money earned from coffee to buy the most basic needs of life, such as food. They grow all the food in their own yard. On average, each family earns only $100 a year, which is usually spent on gas, home maintenance and tuition fees.