World's Top Coffee Growing Places
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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 Time: 2:32 AM
Choosing a great coffee can be a challenge, but one way to make a wise choice is to know about the world's top places that grow coffee. There are more than 50 countries that grow coffee, but only a handful of places produce the most sought-after types. In addition to a region's climate and the type of coffee grown, processing is a factor. Dry processing is the traditional method of leaving the freshly picked coffee to dry naturally, which produces a sweet, full-bodied cup. Wet processing involves removing outer layers of the coffee beans, and then fermenting them resulting in a cleaner, brighter flavor. Some of the best coffee in the world is grown in the United States on the Hawaiian island of Kona. Kona coffee is sought after, and it owes its popularity to the rich volcanic soil and tropical rain showers of the coffee-growing region. Wet processing adds to the rich, medium-bodied flavor. The Central American nation of Costa Rica also is recognized as top place that grows coffee, specifically wet-processed Arabica coffee. This is a more acidic coffee than some, but it retains the widely sought-after medium-bodied flavor as a balance. The African nation of Ethiopia may be the world's oldest coffee-growing region. Wild coffee trees still grow there and account for much of the harvest, which often is dry processed. Ethiopian coffee is known for its bolder, fuller flavor. Indonesia, a country of thousands of islands, has been a top coffee-grower for centuries. Most of Indonesia's coffee is dry processed and is full-bodied with a mild acidity. Brazil could be considered the top place to grow coffee in the world with roughly 25 percent of the world's coffee production. Much of Brazil's coffee is Arabica, and much of it is dry processed. Brazilian coffee has a sweet, medium-bodied flavor. Columbian coffee may be the most well-known, and the nation is second in annual production. Much of the this coffee is grown by small family-owned coffee farms and is considered to be a consistently good, mild coffee.
About the Author
Lynn L. Louis is a freelance graphic artists and home maker who lives in Southern Florida. She recently joined the Gevalia Coffee Club and got a free coffee maker. One of her favorite things to so is sit on her patio with a delicious cup of Gevalia coffee.
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