Taste characteristics of Brazilian yellow bourbon coffee-coffee classification and taste characteristics

Taste characteristics of Brazilian yellow bourbon coffee-coffee classification and taste characteristics

Bourbon species, native to Bourbon Island in the Indian Ocean (now known as Reunion Island), is the second species caused by Typica mutation. It belongs to the oldest existing coffee variety. The green fruit appears bright red when ripe, while the yellow bourbon species is derived from the cross between bourbon species and other varieties. Because of its low yield and relatively intolerant to wind and rain, it has not been widely planted. However, when planted in high altitude areas, it will have excellent flavor performance, which is more common in recent years.

Flavor: light citrus fruit aromas, rich cashew nut aromas, chocolate sweet aromas

Palate: sweet, soft and sour, thick and sweet on the palate

Default baking degree: medium baking

Because the mature fruit of this variety of coffee is more balanced, the fruit is uniform, and the proportion of effective grade rice is higher, so it is loved by growers. Subsequently, farmers in nearby villages such as Mangliu and Manhai were also introduced one after another.

At present, the yellow coffee planted by the Dahongpo Cooperative has become a forest. Other villages are scattered into blocks.

From 2011 to 2012, in order to find out the variety of this part of the coffee, I personally went to Dahongpo to have a look. According to the collected samples and the morphological analysis of the trees, it can be determined that this part of the coffee tree introduced by Yang Fakuan is bourbon or bourbon variety Kaddura.

Brazil is vividly compared to the "giant" and "monarch" of the coffee world. There are about 3.97 billion coffee trees there, and small farmers now grow 75% of Brazil's total coffee production. The number of coffee producers in Brazil is twice or even three times that of Colombia, the second largest coffee producer in the world.

Unlike in the past, Brazil's economy is now less dependent on coffee, which accounts for only 8% to 10% of GDP. Before World War II, Brazil accounted for 50% or more of the world's coffee production, and now it is close to 30%. But the country's impact on the world's coffee, especially on coffee prices, is significant. For example, two frost disasters in 1994 caused a sharp rise in global coffee prices.