Introduction to the basic Brazilian flavor of bourbon coffee beans

bourbon

Bourbon is an ancient fine variety that is juxtaposed with iron pickups, and some botanists believe that Bourbon is a variant of early iron pickups transplanted to Yemen.

Bourbon is almost entirely round beans, a little smaller than iron pickup, ripening later, but yielding 30% more than iron pickup. It is suitable for growing at altitudes above 1200 meters, and the flavor is obviously more prominent than that below 1000 meters. However, Bourbon has a disadvantage that it ends up resting for a year. Round bourbon is vigorous, resistant to rust leaf disease is better than iron pickup, but the flavor is not inferior to it, or even better.

In 1810, Bourbon Island's round beans were partially mutated into pointed beans. This is the famous "pointed bourbon". Its characteristics are that the caffeine content is only half, the output is small, and the constitution is weak. It is extremely rare, just like a weak aristocratic youth.

In addition, the biggest common point between iron pickup truck and bourbon is that they both need shade tree protection. If there is no shade tree to help them block the sun, it will not only be detrimental to their growth, but also greatly reduce the flavor of coffee beans produced. "SL28""SL24" is the French and British missionaries and researchers in the early 20th century screening, breeding in Kenya, the Bourbon descendant, for a hundred years it has adapted to Kenya's high concentration of phosphoric acid soil, breeding Kenya beans have a special acid aroma, different from Central and South America Bourbon beans. However, after its transplantation to Asia, it went out of flavor and could not show their characteristics.

Caturra, a single-gene variant of bourbon discovered in Brazil in the 1950s, has better yield and disease resistance than bourbon. The tree is shorter and easier to harvest. Unfortunately, it encounters the same problems as bourbon--the result is a year off, and the flavor is comparable to bourbon beans or slightly worse.

However, its adaptability is stronger, it can be planted in high density, does not need shade trees, and can be vibrant in direct sunlight, so he also has a name-"Sun Coffee"(Sun Coffee).

Kadura is suitable for low altitudes of 700 meters to high altitudes of 1700 meters, but the higher the altitude, the better the flavor and the lower the soybean yield. There are also varieties of yellow cadura in Central and South America, but they are not as popular as yellow bourbon.