Though coffee has its origin in Ethiopia, where still now the main source of coffee production is the wild coffee tree forests, coffee consumption has gradually spread worldwide. The fact that the coffee beans grow profusely in tropical or sub-tropical regions is only because it requires ample sunshine and rain to cultivate the beans.
Majority of the world's source of the liquid that a Turkish
maxim calls 'black as hell, and strong as death, and sweet as love comes from a
narrow strip that is centered on the equator from around 23 degrees North to 25
degrees South. Globally, coffee beans are grown in over 70 countries, only with
output to make it the world's second-largest commodity in dollar volume only
after oil.
To date, Brazil bags the title of the largest producer of
coffee beans with a standard output of 28 percent of the total production. With
a pretty distant margin, world-renowned Columbia claims second place at only 16
percent; while Indonesia and Mexico are placed third and fourth respectively
with 7% and 4%, almost half of the previous.
Though high altitudes are great for the coffee trees to
produce the best beans, the trees have adapted to a variety of climatic
regions.
Brazil has a huge amount of land as plantations and to look
after the plants hundred of laborers are employed. However, in Columbia, the
rugged mountains including poor economic conditions and inconvenient
transportation, facilities to processing centers are carried out by Jeep or
mule.
Though Columbia has tree-lined mountains for coffee
production, the Hawaiian producers prefer the slopes of the Mauna Loa volcano
for ideal coffee cultivation. The volcanic ash is black and rocky, still,
plants can grow well where the tropical clouds protect the plants from the
intense heat of the afternoon sun and the required water is amply provided by
the frequent island showers.
Indonesia may be technologically a little backward, but it
surpasses the other countries with its helpful warm, damp microclimates. The
combining effort of the largest islands of Java, Sumatra, and Sulawesi with
hundreds of one or two acres firms on each of them contribute largely to
securing the third place position for the country.
Mexico as contrasted to Brazil has primarily small farms
for plantations, however, the total number of over 100,000 has helped the
country to make a mark on the global chart. Almost all of them are located in
the south, in Chiapas, Veracruz, and Oaxaca but the high altitude is necessary
to produce the special Altura beans.
However in recent years, after the recovery of the Tonkin
area from decades of stagnation, Vietnam has been rapidly challenging
Indonesia's position. Initially planted along with Arabica trees by French
missionaries in the middle of the 19th century, the plantations that are small
in size now produce robusta, which is one of the two major species.
Be it the Costa Rican La Fuente, the Tanzanian Peaberry, the
Brazilian Liberdade, or the Indian Monsoon Malabar - coffees are attracting an
eclectic increasing demand throughout the world.
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