Kenya's coffee industry is now considered one of the foremost in the world. Arabica coffee in Kenya is grown on highland plantations at an altitude of 1300 & mdash; 2000 meters above sea level. Arabica is cultivated on both small and large modern plantations on the mountain slopes of the center and west of the country, on the border with Uganda. Two crops are harvested per year, each carried out in six to seven techniques to ensure the necessary quality of grains.

The 1979 revolution and the period of & shy; lytic instability extremely from & shy; had a negative impact on caffeine production in the country. It fell almost twice. Gradually, the situation changed & shy; flowed for the better, and today Nikara & shy; gua annually produces over 60 thousand tons of coffee beans.

Mexico grows the & shy; but arabica. As one of the largest & shy; coffee producers, it owns coffee plantations with an area of ​ ​ about 400 thousand hectares, and collects about 300 thousand tons of beans annually. It ranks fourth & shy; one hundred in the world in terms of production and fifth & mdash; on the ex & shy; coffee port.

Coffee in Costa Rica was first introduced from Cuba in 1779 by the Spanish Way & shy; com Navarro. These days, Costa Rica's coffee-producing industry & ndash; one of the most developed in the world. For 3.5 million people, the country's population accounts for 400 thousand tons of coffee, 90% of which is exported.

Colombian coffee won the world & shy; fame. But it is produced in this country relatively recently & mdash; only two centuries. Coffee was first brought here in the first half of the 18th century. Today Columbia & mdash; one of the giants of coffee production. It accounts for about 15% of the world's semi & shy; coffee.

Brazil & mdash; the recognized mi & shy; re leader of coffee production. It is she who sets the tone in ensuring the needs of the planet with this drink. Today, Brazil meets & shy; steals the demand of the global community by more than one third. There are about four million coffee trees in the country.

Natural coffee is divided into two large groups & mdash; in grains and ground. Coffee in grains & mdash; it is a fried and refined product packaged in one way or another. As a rule, it is sold in a mixture. It can be a mixture of coffee beans from different countries or from different crops. Ground coffee, despite the fact that it allows the consumer to simplify the preparation of the drink, is cheaper than coffee in grains.

Decaffeination technology was invented at the very beginning of the last century. In 1903, German Ludwig Rosemus pre & shy; laid down a method for removing co & shy; fein from coffee. He was helped by an incident: a ship with a load of coffee fell into a fierce storm, and the grains were on & shy; soaked with pestilence & shy; water. After checking their quality, Ro & shy; zemus found that the beans were made with caffeine, but were quite suitable for is & shy; use.He patented his me & shy; method for removing caffeine in the United States and began producing caffeine-free Sachnka coffee in New Jersey.