Growers
The primary source of coffee during the early 15th century was in the province of Arabia, in Yemen. Trading with other European colonies from the ports of Yemen were highly guarded and no productive plants were permitted to leave the country, there were no coffee seeds grew in Africa until a Arabian pilgrim named Baba Budan was able to smuggle the beans back to his homeland strapped into his belly.
Coffee plantation
The cultivated coffee seeds later started to spread and soon span to European colonies. In Europe coffee made it way to Venice, Italy, were it first presented the Turkish coffee. And in spite on the harsh criticism from the Catholic Church of the new beverage, naming at as a devils drink, coffee acquired much popularity with the masses and coffee production was in high demand. And between the 17th century the Dutch ruled the world’s merchant shipping industry and founded the first European-owned coffee’s estate, to their colonies in Java part of Indonesia including the islands of Sumatra, Sulawisi and Bali. When a French naval officer brought a branch from a coffee plant to Martinique which its fruits would later supply Latin America.
> Things that Affect Coffee Growing
Growing coffee is not at simple as it seems, it is slow and exhausting and also has risks involved. Coffee farming is dependent on several factors. Biodiversity in the forest help raise the productivity of coffee. Never the less, there are coffee farms from other places in the world that are unfortunately being attacked by diseases decreasing their productivity rate. Shade grown coffee is also another way of coffee farming that help protect coffee from direct sun light, and also promises good alternatives for coffee.
There are two preferred climates for growing arabica coffee beans:
the subtropical regions, with altitudes ranging from 1800-3600 feet has one growing season and one maturing season, and the equatorial regions at altitude 3600-6300 has two coffee harvesting seasons. Robusta coffee which is more tolerant to warm conditions than arabica beans is grown in much lower altitudes starting from see level to 3000 feet. Most of the coffee trees can grow as high as 40 feet, but growers are trying to keep them shorter for easier to harvest. The average coffee trees yield enough cherries each season that produces up to 1 ½ pounds of roasted coffee.