Showing posts with label Coffee Beans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Coffee Beans. Show all posts

Friday, November 7, 2008

Arabica Coffee beans

Some important nature of Arabica Coffee:

* Regional with a height between 700-1700 m above sea level and temperature of 16-20 C.
* Regional climate is dry or dry months 3 months / years in succession, the occasional rain to get the shipment.
* Generally, sensitive to attack the disease HV, especially when planted in low or less than 500 m above sea level.
* Average production is (4.5-5ku coffee rice / ha / year), but has a price and quality is relatively higher than other coffee. When intensively managed production can reach 15-20 ku / ha / year. Rendemen 18%.
* Most fruits once in a year.

Some varieties of coffee including arabica coffee, and many cultivated in Indonesia, among others; Abesinia, Pasumah, Marago Type and Congensis. Each of these varieties have slightly different nature with the other.




Abesinia:The shape of the tree more sturdy, can be planted in the lower plains, better disease resistent against HV.
Pasumah: The shape of the tree more sturdy, rather resisten of HV disease.
Margo Type: fruit size is larger and better quality.
Congensis: The seeds are very small-sized, but less productive resisten of HV disease.

Robusta Coffee Beans

Some important nature of robusta coffee:

* Resisten disease HV
* Grown in elevation 400-700 m above sea level, but still less tolerant in the height of 400 m above sea level, with temperatures 21-24 C
* Regional dry months 3-4 months in succession, with a 3-4 rain-time shipment
* Production is higher than the arabica coffee and liberica (an average of 9 - 13 my coffee rice / ha / year). And when managed intensively can be harvested 20 I / ha / year.
* Quality fruit is lower than the arabica coffee, but higher than Liberica coffee.
* Rendemen 22%


Quillou Sturdy tree, branch length with the primary direction of growth and horizontal curve to end slightly lower
* Leaves rather narrow and long with a wavy surface
* Fruit cooked in red and underlined clear
* Production-year high in the first year, but decreased rapidly after that
* Examples of good clones: Quill 121

Uganda Branch primary weak, with the end slightly curved to the top of the form letters like S, can be durable
* Small or narrow leaves, gemination quite close, the surface wave
* Fruits and easily fall off easily pests powder
* Suitable for high altitude (> 500 m above sea level)
* Examples of good clones: Uganda 1, Ugn 2, Ugn 3-02, Ugn 2-08

Canephora Tree branches removing many of reproduction
* Narrow leaves with wavy surface. Young leaves brown-reddish
* Fruits young brown-reddish
* Easy to the HV
* Has the self-sterile, so it must be mixed with other clones
* Examples of good clones: BP 39, BP 42, SA 13, SA 34, SA 56, BGN 30

That still favors coffee

For some people, drink a cup of coffee can provide enjoyment to be withdrawn and "friends" in various fun atmosphere. Flavored coffee will be increasingly favor when stored and processed by a special way.

Coffee has become part of the lifestyle, especially ° for those who live in large cities. Moreover, with the increasing number of coffee cafes, special and innovation in making coffee, so bring more dope coffee in the world.

Should be, coffee freshness long run can disappear because of the time factor, air humidity, temperature, heat and light, so the taste is changed. Therefore, the required special tricks to its quality, among others with: Save coffee in a closed place and put in place the cold and dry, with temperatures around 50-70 degrees Fahrenheit, or about 5 ° Celsius. Do not put near the stove, oven or areas that may be affected by sunlight and light because the temperatures are too hot can affect the quality of coffee Clan.

Should, do not store coffee in frezeer. However, when the purchase amount in the many, separate a small part of it will be used daily, and the rest to enter the hermetic plastic Clan store in the freezer. However, when once removed from the freezer, do not put back because of temperature changes that occur will cause damp so affected the quality of coffee Immediately place the coffee in the dry cold Clan.

Get used to buy coffee only as the need for a week or 2 weeks. With the case, you need to talk too long to save coffee and fresh remain intact.

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Coffee Beans

A cup of coffee like any others experience can be enriched by selection and consciousness "no means about it" The best coffee decision are the ones most pleasant two ones own plate. The selection of ones coffee is a personal preference.
Chosing coffee beans can also be a perplexing experience,because there is a huge.Range of coffee types and beans blend from all around the world. The final flavor audicty involves .Many complex factor begining with the coffee seed the beans,botanic a wide variety of soil and climate condiction,cultivation altitude and the care taken in harvesting the bean raw a green.Coffee bean are then subjected to many influencing factor,Including,various processing,production,roasting blended. There are more than fourty five coffee exporting all of which use different clasification system that supply the world with coffe beans. There is two specieses of coffee crop; Arabicais copying traditional, and assumed to be cosiest likely, Robusta has higher level caffeine can be development in area of where Arabika will not grow, and makes it becomes substitution Arabika which cheap. Robusta usually is not enjoyed x'self, because of the taste is bitter and sour. Robusta quality of height usually is applied in a few mixture espresso.