Getting To Know More About The African Coffee Beans
Every coffee lover is familiar with African coffee beans; Kenyan, Ethiopian and Ugandan coffee are known as being among the highest quality mocha in the world. All three of these countries have several coffee producing regions which are known for the coffee beans they produce – and in these regions of Africa, you may even find it growing wild. An event manager who also knew much about the coffee club New Zealand and coffee club Auckland provided the following information.
Coffee has been grown in Africa for centuries and perhaps as long as a thousand years. Ethiopia is thought to be where coffee was first cultivated and the quality of Ethiopian is renowned. According to the available historical record, the cultivation of coffee began with Sheikh Omar, who accidentally discovered the method of brewing coffee by boiling roasted coffee beans. Coffee was hailed as something of a medical miracle after Sheikh Omar’s discovery and the beverage quickly spread to Yemen and Egypt and from there to the rest of the Islamic world and eventually to Europe, becoming popular everywhere that it was introduced.
Harrar is one region of the country where coffee has long been grown; the beans from this region is frequently grown on small family owned plantations and like other African coffee beans from Ethiopia, they are known for their full body and rich aroma. The highest quality Ethiopian coffees are characterized by a hint of fruit in their bouquet and due to their flavor and aroma, these beans are often included in espresso roast blends.
Ugandan coffee has not always enjoyed a good reputation for quality due to the fact that there is a lot of industrial scale Robusta coffee bean cultivation in the country, with these beans largely being destined for use in instant mocha blends. However, more recently, African mocha lovers in the rest of the world have discovered the high quality Arabica coffee grown in Uganda; it is often said to resemble Kenyan coffees in terms of flavor, body and aroma. Robusta beans also grow wild in the forests and other rural areas in Uganda, which is ample evidence of the country’s coffee growing history and ideal climate for cultivation.
African coffee beans grown in Kenya are known the world over for their bright and bracing flavor and well balanced acidity and Kenyan coffee beans are often the subject of bidding wars between coffee importers and roasters in search of the best quality crops available. As is the case with most African coffee, Kenyan coffee is largely produced by small family farms and coffee cooperatives, with their crops being used both in blends (especially espresso blends and dark roasted blends like Italian and French roast) and as single bean; and single bean African imports mochas are among the most highly prized by coffee lovers around the world.
Kenyan beans
