The coffee is produced in over 30 countries. As a result, country-specific rainfall, sunshine duration, temperature, humidity, wind and season, a specialty coffee from around the world, all have their own characteristics and flavors. However, the similarities that not all countries share growth means that countries in the tropical equatorial belt at 25 ° N to 30 degrees S. Coffee Plants such a generous amount of constant rain and temperatures around 70 degrees areFahrenheit. They prefer rich, volcanic soil, plenty of shade and good drainage.
There are two types of coffee plants that are grown for commercial production of coffee: Arabica and Robusta trees trees. The shrub grows arabica originated in Ethiopia and at altitudes above 2,000 meters. It 'the first cultivated in Yemen and still grows wild in Ethiopia. It prefers a temperate climate and produces high quality coffee.
The tree is a hardy plant that originated the smallest inCongo and live below 2,000 feet. Even if the coffee beans to produce a lower quality with a harsher flavor, is usually resistant to disease, making it quite frequently. He prefers the equatorial heat and humidity.
The following countries are producers of coffee beans:
Angola Australia Bolivia Burundi Cameroon China Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Galapagos Islands Guadeloupe Haiti Honduras Côte d'Ivoire TheMeeting Madagascar Martinique Mozambique Panama Peru Puerto Rico Philippines South Africa St. Helena Sudan Suriname Tahiti Taiwan Uganda Venezuela Vietnam Zaire Zambia Zimbabwe
Each producing country uses a different system to classify their coffee, but four general classifications are used. "High Grown mild" coffee beans are grown in locations above 2,000 m, "Brazil" Arabica is grown and produced in Brazil in less than 2,000 feet;"Mild" are low produces arabica beans grown in countries other than Brazil, and "robust" coffee beans are produced mainly Robutsa in Brazil, Africa and Southeast Asia.
