Wine Article

Though coffee has its origin in Ethiopia
where still now the main source of coffee production is the wild coffee tree forests
coffee consumption has gradually spread worldwide. The fact that the coffee beans grow profusely in tropical or sub-tropical regions is only because it requires ample sunshine and rain to cultivate the beans.

Majority of the world's source of the liquid that a Turkish maxim calls 'black as hell
and strong as death
and sweet as love' comes from a narrow strip that is centered on the equator of around 23 degrees North to 25 degrees South. Globally
the coffee beans are grown in over 70 countries
only with an output to make it the world's second largest commodity in dollar volume only after oil.

Till date
Brazil bags the title of the largest producer of coffee bean with a standard output of 28 percent of the total production. With a pretty distant margin
world-renowned Columbia claims the second place at only 16 percent; while Indonesia and Mexico are placed at the third and fourth respectively with 7% and 4%
almost half than the previous.

Though high altitudes are great for the coffee trees to produce the best beans
the trees have adapted to a variety of climatic regions.

Brazil has a huge amount of land as plantations and to look after the plants hundred of laborers are employed. However
in Columbia the rugged mountains including poor economic conditions and inconvenient transportation
facilities to processing centers are carried out by Jeep or mule.

Though Columbia has the tree-lined mountains for coffee production
the Hawaiian producers prefer the slopes of the Mauna Loa volcano for ideal coffee cultivation. The volcanic ash is black and rocky
still plants can grow well where the tropical clouds protect the plants from the intense heat of the afternoon sun and the required water is amply provided by the frequent island showers.

Indonesia may be technologically a little backward
but it surpasses the other countries with its helpful warm
damp microclimates. The combining effort of the largest islands of Java
Sumatra and Sulawesi with hundreds of one or two acres firms on each of them contribute largely to secure the third place position for the country.

Mexico as contrasted to Brazil
has primarily small farms for plantations
however the total number of over 100
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of them has helped the country to make a mark on the global chart. Almost all of them are located in the south
in Chiapas
Veracruz and Oaxaca but the high altitude is necessary to produce the special Altura beans.

However in recent years
after the recovery of the Tonkin area from decades of stagnation
Vietnam has been rapidly challenging Indonesia's position. Initially planted along with Arabica trees by French missionaries in the middle of 19th century
the plantations that are small in size now produce robusta
which is one of the two major species.

Be it the Costa Rican La Fuente
the Tanzanian Peaberry
the Brazilian Liberdade or the Indian Monsoon Malabar - coffees are attracting an eclectic increasing demand throughout the world.