Tips on Coffee - Coffee Producing Countries (#)

  „Mexico is the largest source of U.S. coffee imports.Notable Beans: Altura, Liquidambar MS, Pluma Coixtepec Ethiopia (3.8 million bags) The natural home of the arabica tree and the setting for most of coffee’s origin legends, Ethiopia is Africa’s top arabica exporter and leads the continent in domestic consumption. About 12 million Ethiopians make their living from coffee, whose name is said to be a derivation of “Kaffa,” the name of an Ethiopian province. Notable Beans: Harrar, Sidamo, Yirgacheffe India (3.8 million bags) According to legend, India is the birthplace of coffee cultivation east of Arabia. Today coffee production is under the strict control of the Indian Coffee Board, which some say reduces economic incentive and thereby lowers quality.“

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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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A brief history of coffee - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada

  „Let us move back a few steps in time to the lands known as Ethiopia and Yemen, about 600 AD where locals boiled the complete fruit of the little understood coffee arabica plant. Not far from there was the now dry port of Il Mucha. Hence the name Mocha.“

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Café Forum | Ethiopian Coffee Companies

  „We export washed and unwashed (natural or sundried) coffee from among the nine varieties of Arabica coffee Ethiopia produces, all with their distinct characteristics. Roasters give special attention to each variety, specially on the basis of their difference in acidity and flavour.- P.O. Box 270 Code 1110, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Tel: (2511)75-7581 - Fax: (2511)75-7582 - Email: medco@telecom.net.et “

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Coffee @ nationalgeographic.com

  „The natural home of the arabica tree and the setting for most of coffee’s origin legends, Ethiopia is Africa’s top arabica exporter and leads the continent in domestic consumption. About 12 million Ethiopians make their living from coffee, whose name is said to be a derivation of “Kaffa,” the name of an Ethiopian province. Notable Beans: Harrar, Sidamo, Yirgacheffe“

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Coffee Universe | World of Coffee

  „  Ethiopia Ethiopia is the birthplace of the arabica tree, and wild berries are still harvested by tribes people in its mountains. In Eastern Ethiopia, coffee trees are grown between 5,000 and 6,000 feet on small peasant plots and farms. These coffees may be called longberry Harrar (large bean), shortberry Harrar (smaller bean) or Mocha Harrar (peaberry or single bean). They are all cultivated simply, processed by the traditional dry method, and are no doubt organic.“

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