Tuesday, January 18, 2011

history of arabica coffee in Java

Coffee is one of the triggers heartburn. You probably heartburn sufferers and choose to restrict or even not to consume them at all. However, there are a lot of heartburn sufferers are so fond of coffee, so find it hard to restrict their consumption.
If you're also a fan of coffee, it is not surprising considering there are so many people in the area of the world also menggemarinya. Aroma, taste, and usefulness have made coffee became one of the global agricultural commodities.
Did you know the history of the dissemination of coffee? Dissemination of arabica coffee is an interesting story to be known. After all, did you know that in fact the island of Java has become an important stopover in the dissemination of the history of arabica coffee? Here's the story.
Formerly in the highlands of Ethiopia, the coffee plant grows wild. The descendants of Ethiopian coffee plant Coffea arabica is named, arabica coffee, because in the 15th century coffee plants are cultivated in the Arabian Peninsula. Arabian Peninsula at that time prohibited the export of coffee seeds.
Although the Arabian Peninsula prohibit the export of coffee, in the Netherlands in 1616 succeeded in obtaining seeds or plants of coffee from there. Shortly thereafter, the Dutch made the coffee plantations in areas of colonies, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and Java. Year 1706 the Dutch brought home a young coffee plant from Java into plantations in their countries, specifically in the city of Amsterdam. Young plants were grown and successfully cultivated.
Long story short, many countries followed the development of arabica coffee plantations, in Central America, Caribbean, France, Hawaii, and several other countries. Although the spread in various parts of the earth, all the arabica coffee plantations were from the same ancestor, a young coffee plants brought from Java to Amsterdam. Today there are more than 25 million families Arabica coffee plantation in about 80 countries. Next time you enjoy a delicious and fragrant coffee arabica, you can imagine hundreds of years ago, our ancestors may have been working on plantations in Java, where the growth of coffee plants ancestors who are we to enjoy.

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