2007: Matthew Kadey
Our Coffees Today Chiapas – El Triunfo MEXICO DECAF Matagalpa – San Ramon NICARAGUA REGULAR
Coffee P James Hayes-Bohanan Chair of Geography Bridgewater State College SeniorNet Massasoit Community College Brockton, Massachusetts From the Grounds GEOGRAPHY PROCESSING TRADE PREPARATION SHOPPES
Geography The Spatial Science that asks: What is it? Why is it there? So what?
Global Scale – what do you see?
National Geographic
Coffea arabica is very happy here! THRIVES: 3,000 – 6,000 feet 70 ºF 70 inches of rain
Young, fertile soils are best
FamilyGenusSpeciesVarieties RubiaceaeCoffeaArabicaTypica CanephoraRobusta Liberica ArabicaRobusta Date species described Floweringafter rainirregular Ripe cherriesfallstay Yield (kg beans/ha) Root systemdeepshallow Optimal temperature15-24° C24-30° C Optimal rainfall mm mm Optimal elevation m0-700 m Hemileia vastatrixsusceptibleresistant Kolerogasusceptibletolerant Nematodessusceptibleresistant Tracheomycosisresistantsusceptible Coffee berry diseasesusceptibleresistant Caffeine content % % Shape of beanflatoval
Sun-grown arabica in transition
Hypsometrically challenged! 95 percent below 3,000 feet
Balmy, but watch for frost!
Coffee Production (60kg bags) TOTAL77,548,87591,556,721SHARE 1Brazil 15,300,933 27,321, % 2Vietnam 3,779,415 13,904, % 3Colombia 10,588,431 10,936, % 4Indonesia 6,440,280 5,291,1035.8% 5Peru 1,679,374 3,882,5124.2% 6India 3,119,736 3,698,7714.0% 7Guatemala 3,978,998 3,312,1223.6% 8Honduras 2,059,760 2,898,4283.2% 9Ethiopia 1,838,231 2,843,8713.1% 10Mexico 4,633,497 2,570,0852.8%
Knowledge
Sr. 37% Background
SANDINO
Hospitality
Coffee SNOBS? Bean to Cup: 50 steps! Coffee CARE!
Care
Scale
“Coyote”
Take good care of the coffee.
Selva Negra
French Press
Our Coffees Today Chiapas – El Triunfo MEXICO DECAF Matagalpa – San Ramon NICARAGUA REGULAR
Independents do it without chains: Enjoy your locally-owned coffeehouse. Bumper sticker in the Malaprop Cafe ~ Asheville, NC
18 Main St, Plymouth Rt. 53 Merchants Row, Hanover Mikaela
110 Palmer Ave, Falmouth (508) 540-CAFE Monique
19 Main Street Hingham, MA Voted Best Independent Coffee Shop in 2007 by South Shore Living Kaitlin
Esselon Café 99 Russell Street Hadley, Ma (413) Tabitha
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