Coffee Plant (#)

  „The coffee plant is a woody perennial evergreen that belongs to the Rubiaceae family.  Two main species are cultivated today.  Coffea arabica known as Arabica coffee accounts for 75-80% of the world's production.  Coffea canephora, known as Robusta coffee, is more resilient plant than the Arabica shrubs, but produces an inferior tasting beverage.  The coffee plant can grow to heights of 10 meters if not pruned, but producing countries maintain coffee at three meters to ease picking.  Each hectare of coffee produces 86 lbs of oxygen per day, which is about half the production of the same area in a rain forest.“

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Virtual Coffee: Feature Articles

  „Brewing methods are the means to enjoying our beguiling brews–the artistic side of Coffea arabica and Camellia sinensis. Certainly, we're all familiar with the craft of pulling shots from a gleaming espresso machine or dropping loose tea leaves into a decorative infuser, but remember: Brewing coffee and tea was an art in its own right far before the invention of espresso machines and fancy infusers. Take the Ethiopian coffee ceremony–a ritualistic ode to coffee born long before the idea of brewing coffee even entered into the consciousness of much of the world.“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide

  „Coffea Arabica.  The earliest cultivated species of coffee tree and still the most widely grown. It produces approximately 70% of the world's coffee, and is dramatically superior in cup quality to the other principal commercial coffee species, Coffea canephora or Robusta .All fine, specialty, and fancy coffees come from Coffea arabica trees. “

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India Coffee- Indian Coffee, monthly magazine-Planter's World

  „Waweru, 1977. Defining optimum conditions and techniques for successful top working by cleft grafting in coffea arabica. Kenya Coffee, 42:207-218.“

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Coffee: History, Origins, Brewing, Cupping, and Buying

  „Despite the appeal of such a legend, recent botanical evidence indicates that Coffea arabica originated on the plateaus of central Ethiopia and some how must have been brought to Yemen where it was cultivated since the 6th century.  Upon introduction of the first coffee houses in Cairo and Mecca coffee became a passion rather than just a stimulant.“

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Growing Coffea Arabica at Home from Seed

  „At 9 months, the plant is really looking like coffee (although it has not yet dropped the lilly pad leaves yet). You may need to re-pot .it is best to allow the plant a lot of room for deep roots than confine its growth in a small pot.“

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