Species and varieties of coffee

For the first time people paid attention to the coffee culture in Africa, and its cultivation was born, naturally there. Then, coffee spread to the first favorable to its growing Asian countries, and later the Americas, taking the place of the main agricultural crops in many states.

This story has led to the emergence of the spread of hundreds of coffees from around the world. All types and coffees have distinctive features depending on climate and in which the soil from which coffee grows. Different varieties of naturally different taste, flavor, caffeine content, extract content. For some elite varieties is important not only in what country it is grown, but also on what specific plantation.

Currently cultivated for industrial purposes are basically three kinds of coffee: Arabica (90% of plants), Robusta and Liberica.

Arabica grows around the world, in the tropics of Africa, Asia and America. Robusta discovered only in the 20th century and began to cultivate for industrial purposes, when it was discovered that some consumers prefer coffee soft and delicate taste of Arabica more pungent, bitter, and you may say, earthy taste of Robusta (from the Latin robustus - "strong", "reliable "," solid "). These trees are planted mainly in Madagascar and Guinea.