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What is needed for growth

The ground coffee, or coffee, needs to grow rich soil and humid, which absorbs water well and drain quickly excess precipitation. The best soils are formed by a small blanket of leaves, organic matter and other volcanic rock disintegrated. Coffee plantations occupy at altitudes between sea level and the limit of the tropical snow-capped, which…

Coffee Production

The coffee plants produce the first full crop yield when they have around five years of age. They maintain a constant production for 15 to 20 years. We use two methods of harvesting. One is based on the selective collection and the other is to shake the ground and collect all the benefits. The seeds…

Species

Among more than a dozen known species of the genus coffea, only two have economic significance, for its extensive cultivation. They are the Coffea arabica, commonly known as arabica, and Coffea canéphora, known as robusta. There is a third species, Coffea libérica, known as coffee Liberia, whose cultivation is marginal compared to the previous two….

More coffee shops in France.

Le Cafe Marly, Cour Napoléon, 93, rue de Rivoli.Metro. Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre. Cafe Marly is located within the inside Richelieu Wing of the Louvre Palace. This is a very beautiful terrace, in the Cour “Napoleon”, just 50 metres you can see the glass pyramid IM Pei. It has a great atmosphere and a delicious…

Coffe Shops in Paris

Located in Le Dauphin, 167 Rue St. Honoré. Metro. Palais Royal, Musée du Louvre. This typical brasserie and coffee at the corner north of the Louvre, just after Andre Malraux Square. Le Dauphin was opened in 1945 and still belongs to the owners. Here you can enjoy some of coffees, an assortment of entries and…

Cafe Le Paris

This coffee shop located in 93, Av. Des Champs Élysées street, in Paris; in the George V. metro stop. It is probably the cheapest coffee in Les Champs Élysées, it is because this coffee attend, not just tourists, but workers in the area regularly. It is an authentic coffee from Paris, the owner and staff…

Coffee in the 20 century

In the first years of the XX century, Brazil was the largest producer of coffee in the world. Today almost all coffee production comes from Central America, Brazil and tropical parts of South America. The global coffee production is estimated at around 100 million bags a year, with Brazil in first place with a quarter…

The Coffee conquest Europe

In 1615, the Venetian traders sent the first sacks of coffee to Western Europe. Its delicious aroma and the stimulating effects established as quickly as a favored drink, and soon there were coffee shops throughout Europe. With her thoughts focused on the business, the bourgeoisie had only praise for the coffee, as their effects became…

The discovery of coffee

The culture of drinking coffee has its beginnings in the second century. It was then that he began to import, first imported from the cradle to Saudi coffee in Ethiopia. The Persians were surprised by the effects of this new stimulating “wine of Islam” and that wine is strictly forbidden for Muslims. The origin of…

The Legends of coffe

There are many legends about the discovery of the stimulating effects of coffee. One of the oldest tells that in the year 850, a shepherd in Ethiopia, was noticed that after eating a certain type of berry, his goats got very active and restless. Then some monks tried to prove this fruit but it wasn´t…