French Navy and Coffee

It was about 1720-1723 that French naval officer Gabriel. Mathieu. De. Klee was ordered to be stationed in Martinique. Before leaving Paris to take office, he managed to get some coffee saplings and decided to take it back to Martinique. It took him two attempts to bring the coffee saplings to Martinique. The saplings are kept in a glass box with holes on the deck. The glass box can not only prevent the sea water from splashing on the coffee seedlings, but also play the role of heat preservation. According to Dirkley's diary, his ship was repeatedly attacked by pirates and storms. There was another man on board who was jealous of him and tried to destroy his coffee saplings, even breaking a branch in a fight. Finally, because the ship ran aground and there was not enough fresh water, he had to water the coffee saplings with what little drinking water he had. After countless trials and tribulations, Deckley finally succeeded in protecting the coffee saplings.

De. Klee finally arrived in Martinique safely. He planted coffee trees, planted thorns and shrubs around them, and sent slaves to look after them day and night. The young tree finally took root and sprouted, blossomed and bear fruit, and had its first bumper harvest in 1726. It is said that in 1777, there were already 18791680 coffee trees in Martinique. Some coffee is also shipped to Haiti, Santo Domingo and Guadeloupe. However, Dirkley did not live to see this achievement, and he died in Paris on November 30, 1724 at the age of 88. He was not rich in his lifetime, but he was highly respected. In 1918 a monument was built in memory of him at the Ford Botanical Garden in Martinique.

Actually, except for Gabriel. Mathieu. De. Colonel Klee, there are also many people who risk their lives to spread coffee saplings or coffee trees to all the suitable places around the world to grow coffee. In addition to being driven by huge economic interests, there are also some exiles who do this in order to get a pardon from the government. Of course, the result is to win greater economic benefits for their own governments.

The spread of coffee played an important role in the popularity of coffee cultivation. Coffee seed value industry has even become an important economic source in some regions and countries. After all, there are many people who drink coffee and there is a great demand for coffee. With the improvement of people's living standards, the demand for the quality of coffee becomes higher and higher. Now, as long as it is good coffee, you don't have to worry about not selling it, because many trading companies have been looking for high-quality coffee all over the world.