It seems odd that Brazil produces one third of the worlds coffee production. But the weird thing is that most of the coffee connoisseurs shun Brazilian coffee. To most people, when you mention Mocha they think of a blend of coffee and chocolate. Really though, Mocha is very expensive and it has nothing to do with it because Mocha beans are hard to find and cost a lot of money. When coffee beans were first offered for sale they were sold by pharmacists, of all people. Later on Coffee houses started selling them. A lot of folks are surprised when you tell them that the primary places where coffee is grown is Central and South America, Africa, and Indonesia. A smaller amount of coffee is grown in Hawaii and around the Red Sea in the middle east. Kenya produces a coffee that is widely known as African coffee. They also produce many other types of fine coffee. Even though Columbia has tried and tried, they have not been able to come up with a coffee that is highly desirable. The controversy over whether or not coffee is good for you or not still rages on today. There seems to be new information, both pro and con, about coffee coming out every week or so. Oddly enough, coffee grown in Yemen is grown with wild flowers, which coffee lovers adore. The coffee that is grown here is known as a true Mocha, which is named after a Yemeni shipping port. |
