The Anatomy Of A Coffee Tree
Coffea, a member of the Rubiaceae family is responsible for the biological heritage of "coffee". The Rubiaceae family includes more than 500 genera and 6,000 species of tropical trees and doubt arbusti.
E 'the average person could recognize a real coffee tree. Most of us would have recognized a coffee bean. In case you stumble on something that you think would be a real tree of coffee, a brief description of one:
• Pruned shortly in coltivazione
• able to grow over 30 meters altezza
• Generally covered with dark green, waxy always leaves opposite each other in pairs, even if a tree of coffee may also have leaves that are purple or yellow (dark green is the predominant color) Leaves are 1 to 40 inches of dimensione
• coffee cherries that grow along the branches of trees (see below for a description of coffee cherries)
coffee • cherry blossom in bloom, fragrant, white flowers, after about a anno
• Why coffee cherries grow in a continuous loop, you can see the flowers, green fruit and ripe fruit at the same time on a single albero
A coffee tree can live up to 20 or 30 years. Are able to grow in a wide range of climates, so long as the climate changes of temperature did not last long. Coffee plants grow best in rich soil and mild temperatures, with frequent rain and sun shade. Heavy frost kills the plants caffè.
It is estimated that there are 25 to 100 species of coffee plants. In the coffee trade, there are two main species of coffee. These are: • •
Canephora Arabica
(more commonly called robusta)
varieties of Coffea arabica - C. Arabica include:
Bourbon typica
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• • Caturra
• Mundo
• Novo
• Tico
• San Ramon
• Jamaican Blue Mountain
original coffee trees were discovered in Ethiopia. Coffee Coffea arabica stems from these original trees. The trees of coffee in Ethiopia produce a beautiful, sweet, aromatic coffee. Than half of world production of coffee comes from coffee plants in Ethiopia. Arabica coffee to bring the highest prices on the world coffee market. Better are high grown Arabica coffee, generally between 2,000 and 6,000 meters above the mare.
The Arabica coffee plants are expensive to grow because of the following factors:
• The ground tends to be steep and difficult accesso
• Arabica coffee plant are more prone to the disease of robusta coffee, which requires care and attention supplementari
tree Arabica coffee beans are flat and more elongated grain structure of robusta coffee and "less caffeine" .
variety of Coffea canephora - C. Canephora var. Robusta include:
• Robusta
Coffee Robusta tends to be friendly and is more disease and pest resistant. This makes the robusta coffee easier and cheaper to grow. The coffee plant hardy and can withstand warmer climates and prefers a constant temperature between 75 and 85 degrees. Needs about 60 inches of rain per year and can not withstand frost. Robusta beans produce a coffee with a distinctive taste and about 50-60% more caffeine than the Arabica coffee plant fagioli.
more Robusta coffee plants are grown in Central and West Africa, parts of Southeast Asia, including Indonesia and Vietnam. Brazil is a country where the robusta coffee plant is grown, however, Brazil is the only one for about 30 percent of the market mondiale.
What does a cherry "coffee" look like? Recognizes a cherry "coffee" with the following characteristics:
• The outer skin of a coffee cherry is called exocarp "
• Below is the exocarp mesocarp, which is a thin layer of pasta
• This thin layer pulp is followed by a slimy layer called the parenchyma "
• The beans are covered in a parchment-like envelope called endocarp" and more commonly called the parchment "
• In Parchment, side by side are two fagioli
• Each of These grains are treated separately by another layer of thin membrane skin or seed called "spermoderm"
• The spermoderm is generally referred to in the coffee trade, as the skin "silver" .