✤Dutch coffee market situation continued to monopolize the moment, France, Spain, Portugal, Britain, Germany and other European powers to be outdone, have launched their respective colonial coffee plantations. Around 1720, at which time the French Caribbean territory of Martinique, species from the coffee. 1727, visited the island of Martinique, Brazil (old Portuguese colony) officials, coffee seeds to the island back to South America, contributed to the emergence of "the world's largest coffee-producing country". In 1818, Brazil started exporting coffee to Europe.

 

✤Around 1820, many Latin American colonies declared independence, the coffee industry has become a major pillar of the economy in Latin America after independence. On the other hand, the growing popularity of coffee in the United States, the National Coffee Association was established and began roasting coffee in the interests of practitioners who imported priority. In this regard, the minimum required to ensure the interests of Latin American countries growers.

 

✤19th century, widely grown Arabica varieties (Arabica) coffee beans suffered rust, on the verge of extinction. At this time, the Dutch disease resistance in Congo found strong Kaneifula varieties (Canephora, Robusta Robusta scientific name), put it introduces coffee growing areas in Indonesia, and gradually open to expansion in Southeast Asia.

 

✤In 1945, along with the end of World War II, the huge US market has undergone intense coffee price competition, more than half of instant coffee made from Robusta beans, a large circulation in the United States. In 1960, mass production of Robusta coffee beans African countries became independent last worthless Robusta, in this year, has finally been officially regarded as the New York Commodity Exchange coffee.

 

✤If the previous era of American popular coffee, regarded as "the first wave" coffee culture "second wave" that began with the 1960s, as 1966 marked the creation of the "Peet's Coffee & Tea" high quality coffee , in 1972 founded the "Thanksgiving Coffee" of "gourmet" coffee, and was founded in Seattle in 1971 "Starbucks" of "the Seattle Department of coffee." After half of the 1990s to now, "third wave" of coffee surging tide, "Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea" (intellectuals coffee), "Counter Culture Coffee" (counter culture coffee), "Stumptown Coffee Roasters" (stump City coffee) are all important representative of the United States third wave of coffee culture.

 

✤Now not only the United States, "the third wave" of coffee culture has spread to other parts of the world. Coffee place in three waves of the wave of baptism more show precious, magical fruit Fengyun is playing a new magic: it allows people to the other end of the coffee chain cultivation of coffee, natural, economic, have the more the attention and Reflection.
 

8 coffee trivia You know

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Love of coffee in every corner of the world, to enjoy the coffee is vastly different ways. Have the habit of drinking coffee as a coffee addict, but also do not drink already, drinking it must be extremely particular about every cup of coffee lovers. A lot of people drink coffee, but people do not really understand it more. In particular, some basic knowledge about it, do not know it, how worthy of hard-earned cup of coffee in front of it?

01 The world's first national production of coffee beans
 

World production of beans first country in South America, Brazil, almost all coffee varieties have production. Second place is Vietnam, but Vietnamese Robusta coffee beans are mainly beans (Robusta) and mix for instant coffee, and high-quality Arabica coffee beans are typically used (Arabica). The third place is Indonesia, more than 80% of Robusta varieties. Then followed by Colombia, Ethiopia, India and other countries. The total export volume of coffee beans sorting countries, but also consistent with the production order.
 

02 Most coffee drinking country in the world
 

The world's largest consumer of coffee in the United States, followed by Brazil. Whether the production or consumption in Brazil are in the forefront, is a veritable "Coffee big country." The third place is Germany, fourth in Japan, followed by France, Italy and other countries. However, if the comparison of national per capita consumption of coffee, but it is ranked first in Luxembourg, and the second is Finland, followed by Australia, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Sweden. Although the order is changing every year, but the Nordic countries occupy almost half of every year, the Nordic peoples love for warm coffee, is it because of the cold weather?
 

03 The difference between regular coffee and specialty coffee
 

Specialty Coffee (Specialty Coffee), 1980 onwards transmission to the world from the United States. So far, though not yet give a precise definition of specialty coffee, but to talk about the difference between it and regular coffee, which is a clear message of coffee production, the unique flavor taste, in short, specialty coffee is usually very good, or give you a surprise coffee experience. Previously most people's attention on the differences in coffee roasting and brewing methods, but since the rise of specialty coffee concept, people on the original flavor of the beans and the pursuit of quality is increasing.
 

04 First, second and third wave coffee
 

The first wave of coffee (The First Wave), referring to the 20 until the 1960s and 1970s, mass production, mass consumption of coffee culture. The second wave of coffee (The Second Wave), the rise in the 1980s and 1990s are defined by their high quality coffee and espresso (Espresso) tone drinks, which represent Starbucks' Seattle Department of coffee, "the main coffee culture . The latter half of the 1990s, "single product" (SingleOrigin), "shallow baking", "hand punch" marks the arrival of popular keywords third wave coffee culture, people began to pay more attention to the origin of coffee beans, flavor, and the pursuit of the characteristics of each bean to maximize the release of brewing methods.
 

05 Without milk without sugar only look professional?
 

"Put the sugar and milk to drink coffee, it looks very professional." Someone must think over it. But in fact the world's top coffee events, using milk and other ingredients and creative coffee, is one of the common events. Furthermore, said this is the kind of enjoy a cup of coffee, everyone has everyone's drinking habits, and ultimately it gives you pleasure and satisfaction is the most important.

06 Coffee beans are the more expensive the better?
 

The price of coffee beans in the world today, mainly due to supply and demand affect the countries of coffee. With wine, chocolate, tea is different, some kind of expensive coffee beans, is not necessarily a sign of its high quality, but often just the beans yield rare performance, such as the Blue Mountains. Coffee beans in the world have thousands of flavors, a coffee flavor determine the adequacy of the main criteria for good, in fact, it fit not to your taste. Rare, not necessarily represent the fit. Coffee beans are not more expensive the better, but the more you like better.

07 Mixed, single product, American, espresso definition and distinction
 

Coffee blends (Blend Coffee), also known as blending coffee is to coffee shops for the desired flavor, blending together the variety of coffee beans. As opposed to single coffee (Single Origin), is constituted by a single species of beans, such as Medellin. American coffee, now gives the impression that more is diluted with water over the coffee, but it originally referred to a shallow baking beans after brewing kibble, subdued taste of coffee. Espresso (Espresso) is finely ground coffee beans after extraction by pressure out of the espresso. Espresso originated in Italy, Italian coffee, if filed, generally refers to espresso.
 

08 Dark roasted coffee beans caffeine will decrease?
 

Lift the coffee, many people immediately think of caffeine, caffeine on the human body has been explored in the world of interest. In fact, as long as the caffeine intake control to a certain extent, it's medicine rationality is of great benefit to the human body, such as refreshing, promote digestion. Some words to caffeine but still daunting, so when they heard "deep roasted coffee beans caffeine will reduce the" time, immediately focused on a deep baking beans. Was it? Dark roasted coffee beans during the roasting process, the beans does every single loss more caffeine than those shallow baking. But at the same time, deep roasted coffee beans will also reduce the overall weight and size, the same cup of coffee, dark roasted coffee beans need to be relatively high, in fact, the total amount of caffeine intake did not reduce the final.