Day: March 19, 2018

Flores

Flores is small by island standards, just about 360 kilometers end to end. It is in the Indonesian archipelago, between Sumbawa and Timor islands.

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Timor

Timor Leste is the independent nation occupying the eastern half of the island, with the western portion being a part of former foe, Indonesia.

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China

Coffee from China is becoming interesting, as better farming practices are being employed in some cases, and coffee is being planted at higher elevations than before.

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Tanzania

Coffea arabica came to Tanzania with Jesuits and German colonization, and it was likely quite similar Bourbon varieties still grown to this day.

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Myanmar

Coffee from Myanmar is not seen often in the US marketplace. In fact after the one offering we had from 2000, we haven’t see in since!

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Java

The arabica coffee plant was brought to Indonesia from India in 1696. Java coffee had a legendary status around the world until the last century.

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Brazil

Frank Sinatra sang, “They grow an awful lot of coffee in Brazil.” It is unquestionably true; it’s the largest producer of arabica coffee and not a small amount of robusta too.

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