Coffee from the Grounds Up

2007: Matthew Kadey

Our Coffees Today

Chiapas – El TriunfoMEXICO

DECAF

Matagalpa – San RamonNICARAGUA

REGULAR

Coffee

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James Hayes-BohananChair of GeographyBridgewater State College

SeniorNetMassasoit Community CollegeBrockton, Massachusetts

From the Grounds

GEOGRAPHY

PROCESSING

TRADE

PREPARATION

SHOPPES

GeographyThe 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 ºF70 inches of rain

Young, fertile soils are best

http://www.ico.org/botanical.asp

Family Genus Species Varieties

Rubiaceae Coffea Arabica Typica

    Canephora Robusta

    Liberica  

Arabica Robusta

Date species described 1753 1895

Flowering after rain irregular

Ripe cherries fall stay

Yield (kg beans/ha) 1500-3000 2300-4000

Root system deep shallow

Optimal temperature 15-24° C 24-30° C

Optimal rainfall 1500-2000 mm 2000-3000 mm

Optimal elevation 1000-2000 m 0-700 m

Hemileia vastatrix susceptible resistant

Koleroga susceptible tolerant

Nematodes susceptible resistant

Tracheomycosis resistant susceptible

Coffee berry disease susceptible resistant

Caffeine content 0.8-1.4% 1.7-4.0%

Shape of bean flat oval

Sun-grown arabica in transition

Hypsometrically challenged!

95 percentbelow 3,000 feet

Balmy, but watch for frost!

Coffee Production(60kg bags)

  1996 2006 2006

TOTAL 77,548,875 91,556,721 SHARE

1 Brazil 15,300,933 27,321,249 29.8%

2 Vietnam 3,779,415 13,904,703 15.2%

3 Colombia 10,588,431 10,936,185 11.9%

4 Indonesia 6,440,280 5,291,103 5.8%

5 Peru 1,679,374 3,882,512 4.2%

6 India 3,119,736 3,698,771 4.0%

7 Guatemala 3,978,998 3,312,122 3.6%

8 Honduras 2,059,760 2,898,428 3.2%

9 Ethiopia 1,838,231 2,843,871 3.1%

10 Mexico 4,633,497 2,570,085 2.8%

Knowledge

Sr. 37%

Background

SANDINO

Hospitality

Hospitality

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 TriunfoMEXICO

DECAF

Matagalpa – San RamonNICARAGUA

REGULAR

Independents do it without chains: Enjoy your locally-owned coffeehouse.

Bumper sticker in the Malaprop Cafe ~ Asheville, NC

18 Main St, PlymouthRt. 53 Merchants Row, HanoverMikaela

110 Palmer Ave, Falmouth

(508) 540-CAFE

Monique

19 Main Street

Hingham, MA 02043

781-741-5331Voted Best Independent Coffee Shop in 2007 by South Shore Living Kaitlin

Esselon Café99 Russell Street Hadley, Ma 01035 (413) 585-1515

Tabitha

Geography of Coffee Online

Any Questions?