The origin of coffee beans Where is the best coffee

On the plateau of Ethiopia in Africa.

Coffee originated in Ethiopia, Africa. It is also the most recognized place of origin of coffee in the world. However, Ethiopia's geographical location is not suitable for cultivated coffee, and because Europe brings coffee to the world.

Many people also mistakenly believe that coffee originated in Europe, but the mainstream view in the world's academic community is that Ethiopia in Africa is the real origin of coffee. The Italians changed the name of qahveh to caffe, while the English-speaking countries replaced the vowel o with a, evolving into today's coffee.

Coffee Origin BackgroundAll the coffee in the world is derived from Ethiopia, the same coffee, there are many varieties, in some mountainous areas of Ethiopia there are still many coffee varieties that cannot be named, just like we eat wheat and rice, it looks similar, in fact, there are many, many varieties of differences, in Ethiopia these various varieties of coffee are hybridized with each other, and more varieties gradually appeared, such as bourbon, iron card and so on.

The most famous theory about the origin of coffee is that coffee originated in Ethiopia in 700 AD.

Kaldi, an Ethiopian shepherd, stumbles upon his goats one day behaving strangely. The sheep jumped up and down and seemed to be dancing. Kaldi thinks this is not normal, but doesn't know what caused the sheep's strange behavior.

Until one day, he noticed that his sheep was eating a red berry, and after eating these berries, the sheep would "dance on their feet", so he thought coffee was a wonderful berry. When Kaldi discovered the miraculous berry, he told a monk about it and brought him some coffee cherries, who was also struggling to find something to help him stay awake during his night chanting. So he experimented with the berry.

Later, coffee came to Arabia, and the Arabs began to drink a lot, and it was first mainly used as wine and medicine. It wasn't until around the 11th century that people started drinking ground coffee with coffee beans as a drink. The word coffee is derived from the Arabic word qahwa, which means plant-based drink, and later spread to Turkey and Europe.

Classification of coffee

There are three common coffee tree species: Arabica, Robusta, and Liberica.

Arabica grows best at high altitudes, where the flavor is much more refined than other coffees, and the caffeine content in this coffee is only 1% of the total weight of the coffee. Its global production is about 80-85%.

Robusta coffee has a mellow taste, strong resistance to pests and diseases, and a high yield per plant. Grown at low altitudes, this coffee is mostly used in espresso blends due to its ability to extract rich and stable crema. Its global production is about 15-20%.

The Libilica Liberica species is extremely rare in China, and only a small amount is planted in Wenchangmai Town, Hainan Province. The area was first introduced and cultivated from abroad in 1898, and the pure Liberica variety is still preserved. This variety has a strong caramel flavor, a strong sweetness, and a more pronounced dried jackfruit flavor.

Due to the low yield and high concentration, it is difficult to commercialize, and its products are hardly visible in the market. Its global production is about 1 2%.

Coffee originated in Ethiopia.

Coffee originated in Ethiopia in Africa. It was first discovered in Kafa province. It is said that a shepherd discovered coffee when he discovered that a sheep had eaten a plant and became extremely excited and lively.

Later, as slaves were sold from Africa to Yemen and the Arabian Peninsula, coffee was brought to various places along the way.

Buyer's Guide

Regardless of the type of coffee, freshness is an important factor in quality. When buying, grab one or two coffee beans and chew them in your mouth, if it is crisp and sound, it means that the coffee beans are not damp, and the coffee beans with fragrant lips and teeth are the best quality, but it is best to pinch with your hands to feel whether it is solid, and never buy coffee with an empty shell.

The flavor of the coffee beans is also another consideration. Insiders choose coffee beans, not necessarily look at the size of the particles, coffee beans in the quality, there may be different sizes, for example, the characteristics of Ethiopian beans are different in size is a normal phenomenon. The second is the color, the color of sun-dried beans will be different in color, whether it is raw beans or cooked beans, it is a normal phenomenon, do not unilaterally interpret the shallow opinions in the book or information, and generalize all coffee beans.

Comparatively speaking, medium-dark roasted coffee beans are more likely to produce oil than light roasted beans, while shallow roasted beans produce no oil or a small amount of oil. In short, when buying coffee, you should pay attention to its freshness, aroma and age.

Coffee beans are the fruit of the coffee tree. The coffee tree is a plant that grows on the Tropic of Capricorn, and the environment for growing conditions is very harsh, and the fruit produced on the tree is the coffee bean, which is the main material for making coffee. Broadly speaking, there are two types of coffee beans in the world, Arabica beans and Robusta beans.

The fruit of coffee is composed of 2 oval-shaped seeds opposite each other. The side that connects with each other is a flat joint, which is called a flat bean. But there are also a round seed called a round bean, which tastes the same.

It takes about 5 years for coffee to go from seed to flowering and fruiting. Coffee beans begin to bear fruit 3-5 years after planting, and the harvest period is 5-20 years, and a coffee tree can produce about 3-5 kg of coffee cherries per year. The coffee tree is an evergreen tropical shrub of the Rubiaceae family, the wild ones are 4-7 meters high, and the cultivated ones are pruned at about 2 meters.

It takes about 4-5 years from sowing and transplanting seedlings to growing into adult trees, and its economic life span is about 30 years.

Qianjie Coffee has its own coffee estate in Baoshan, Yunnan, and Qianjiezhi chose the manor in Baoshan, Yunnan, on the one hand, because Yunnan is just in the first belt of coffee planting. The terrain, climate, and altitude are very particular about coffee planting, and the road to coffee tree planting in Front Street Coffee is also very difficult.