Elevation
Did you know? Arabica trees can be planted and grown at elevations of 900-1800 meters above sea level!
Latin America
Did you know? Colombia is ranked 3rd in the world for coffee production, exporting over 1.5 Billion pounds of coffee!
Africa/Arabia
Did you know? Africa is the birthplace of coffee and where all arabica's originated!
Asia/Pacific
Did you know? Indonesia is home to the most expensive coffee in the world, Kopi Luwak, which has retail prices that reach $700 per kilogram! ($300+ for a pound)
Here's an activity for the class!
Please comment one fact about each of the following:
-Elevation
-Latin America
-Africa/Arabia
-Asia/Pacific
Once I get a comment from everyone, I will update this post to have your information in each section!
I hope you guys are having fun working on your projects and finding coffees to taste for our next class!
Sample Project by: Mike Penna (Coffee Master/Store Manager NYC)
-Jordan Alejandro
Elevation-Robustas are hardier plants, capable of growingl at low altitudes of 200 to 800 meters.
ReplyDeleteLatin America-6 out of the top 10 world coffee producing countries are located in Latin America in the following order: #1 Brazil #3 Colombia #7 Peru #8 Mexico #9 Guatemala #10 Honduras
Asia/Pacific- Coffee production in Indonesia will jump 38 percent in the season starting in April, according to Volcafe, the coffee unit of ED&F Man Holdings Ltd.
Africa- On family-owned coffee farms in Africa, about 70 percent of maintenance and harvesting work is done by women, according to an analysis by the International Trade Centre, but only rarely do women own the land or have financial control.
It's amazing how much Latin American coffee Starbucks buys. Since most of us have tasted the popular regions of Latin America, I wonder if we can try to get a coffee from Honduras or Dominican Republic and see how that stands up next to the more popular ones we normally taste.
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Elevation: The cooler the temperature the slower the growth which prolongs the beans development giving it more complex sugars and interesting flavor.
ReplyDeleteAsia: 25% of Asia's coffee is from India ( you will have to wait until our project to hear more!)
Africa: Ethiopia is the top exporter for Africa, approximately 12 million Ethiopians make their living from coffee.
Latin America: Costa Rica 9th largest coffee producer, showing how serious they are about coffee they have a law that bans the cultivation of Robusta coffee plants.
Great posts everyone' keep them coming. Share with me what you have learned in each one of these sections. Just a quick statement. What can you remember?
ReplyDeleteElevation: As Growing Elevation increases, a coffee’s flavor profile becomes more pronounced and distinctive.
ReplyDeleteLatin America: Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world and can trace its coffee roots back to 1720 with it first seedlings coming from French Guiana.
Africa: Yemen was the birthplace of commercial coffee cultivation and the name of the port from where it was originally exported, Mocha, has entered the vocabulary of the world's coffee trade
Asia/Pacific: A popular legend attributes India's coffee industry to a Moslem pilgrim named Baba Budan, who smuggled seven coffee seeds out of Mecca in 1670.
As a reminder this up coming Thursday is our next coffee master class. Please have 2 contrasting coffee profiles to taste per group and have your projects ready to present. Also please review chapter one as you will have your quiz on it. I look forward to seeing all of you Thursday at 2!
ReplyDeleteHigh elevation improves quality of beans and potential cupping quality
ReplyDeleteImportant environmental factors to produce good quality coffee are elevation, temperature, rainfall, water supply, soil, aspect and slope
See you guys this week : )
That's a coolest blog I have ever read. I was wondering to find out the history of Kopi Luwak coffee as it is my small assignment in college. I have been reading several blog posts and writing about it. Your blog has been a great complement to my knowledge. Thank you, mate.
ReplyDeleteHey Finn, have you had a chance to try kopi luwak? We would love to know your opinions on it or anything interesting you have learned about it. Thanks!
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