Characteristics of the price of Arabica coffee

Characteristics of the price of Arabica coffee

Although coffee shops are now full of variety, in the final analysis, there are only two kinds of artificial coffee, one is Arabica, the other is Coffea robusta (canephora), both of which are introduced from wild species. However, it has low resistance to drying, frost, diseases and insect pests, especially to leaf rust, the biggest natural enemy of coffee, so all producing countries are committed to improving varieties. For example, Sri Lanka, as we all know, used to be one of the most famous coffee producers in the past, but coffee farms were not spared by leaf rust at the end of the 19th century. Since then, Sri Lanka has turned to black tea, which is also the kingdom of black tea in India.

Arabica coffee trees grow between 900m and 2000 m above sea level; they are cold-resistant, and the suitable growth temperature is 15ml / 24m; they need more humidity, annual rainfall is not less than 1500 ml, and higher requirements for cultivation techniques and conditions are also required.

Arabica coffee beans are mainly grown in South America (except Argentina and parts of Brazil), Central American countries, Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia, etc.), Asia (including parts of Yemen, India and Papua New Guinea), and a small amount of Arabica coffee beans are also grown in Yunnan, Hainan and Taiwan in China.

The bourbon species was introduced to America by French immigrants in the 18th century from the island of Island of Bourbon (today's French island of Reunion Island of Reunion, located in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar). It is now widely cultivated in the Western Hemisphere, such as Brazil, and a small amount in Yunnan, China. The caffeine content of Bobang subspecies is 20% to 30% higher than that of Tibica subspecies, but less than most coffee subspecies.

Arabica is deeply loved by Chinese people with a short history of coffee contact because of its strong fruity aroma. it was introduced to China by missionaries in the 19th century and widely planted in Panzhihua, Sichuan, and the dry-hot valley of the Jinsha River above 1000 meters in western Yunnan. The sunshine in this area lasts for a long time and there is a great temperature difference between day and night. The local people solve the problem of insufficient seasonal rainfall by diverting water up the mountain, resulting in a unique aroma of "Chinese coffee". Among them, Banpo coffee grown in Arabica in Panzhihua, Sichuan is the most. Compared with Yunnan and Hainan, Panzhihua in the dry-hot valley has longer sunshine, higher altitude, greater temperature difference, good light quality and more virgin land. it is a rare and most suitable area for growing Arabica coffee. Banpo coffee farmers take advantage of this advantage to adopt unique planting and processing technology: first, "do not land in the whole process": from collecting coffee beans to processing into finished products, coffee has been kept free from soil and other sundries, ensuring taste and quality