Though the world may be getting smaller, the world of coffee is vastly bigger than it was just a few decades ago. Beans from more countries than ever before are available for purchase—and that means more new and exotic flavours to explore for when buying coffee. In this blog, we’re going to dive deeper into the coffee growing countries of Asia and the Arabian Peninsula. There are many of them, so we’ll primarily focus especially on the countries that grow specialty-grade coffee. Thailand
For the most part, these specialty-grade exports are staying in Asia, which means many Western coffee lovers don’t even realize that Thailand is growing some stunning coffee. Common Flavours: Chocolate, spice, floral, citrus acidity India
Most coffee plants were arabica species until a disease struck and nearly wiped out the country’s coffee industry in in the 1850’s. Farmers across the country replanted robusta variety plants. So, while most coffee out of India is low-grade and bitter, India’s worth mentioning for two reasons.
Those top-notch robustas are still very rare, but maybe we’ll see more entering the international market over the next few years. Common Flavours: Very spicy (cardamom, nutmeg, clove), full body, bright acidity Myanmar
We know that coffee didn’t really take off as an export until the early 1900’s. We know that in 2000 the Burmese government cut off exports to many countries, especially in the West. But other than that, the information regarding exports and history is kept secret. The coffee, however, isn’t a secret anymore. Global exports have been enabled again and the world has a new love affair with Myanmar’s rich, exotic tasting coffee. Common Flavours: Floral, fruity, bright acidity, complex, light body Vietnam
The Vietnamese government is actually in a stage of incentivizing farmers to trade their robusta for arabica plants, but it’ll be many years before we see a significant number of specialty-grade arabica exports from the country. Common Flavours: Bitter, earthy, spice Yemen
Unfortunately, Yemen has faced constant hardship since the fall of the Ottoman Empire. Locked in a multi-decade civil war and facing a terrible drought and famine, the region’s coffee industry is struggling to stay afloat. Common Flavours: Earthy, chocolatey, winey acidity Laos, Cambodia, and even China also grow coffee in Eastern Asia—and there are even small coffee producers in Western Asia as well—but we’ll leave them for another time. Now that you have a birds-eye view of the coffee growing countries of Asia and Arabia, it’s time you taste them. Check out our current lineup of specialty-grade coffees and explore the flavors of this diverse (and geographically massive) coffee growing region. The post Coffee Regions Of The World: Asia And Arabia appeared first on Alternative Brewing. from https://alternativebrewing.com.au/coffee-regions-world-asia-arabia/
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