The best coffees in the world

The brown drink has become familiar and loved all over the world. Coffee helps us relax our minds after tiring working hours. Below are some of the most delicious and popular coffees in the world.

1. Kopi Luwak: varying from $115,- to $590,- per 500 grams (civet coffee)

The name of a special type of coffee, ranked among the most luxurious and rare in the world. This type of coffee is almost exclusively found in Indonesia, on the islands of Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi.

The name Kopi Luwak is used to refer to a type of bean that is eaten by the spotted palm civet and then excreted.

Derived from the word kopi in Indonesian, meaning coffee. Luwak is the name of a region on the island of Java, and also the name of the civet that lives there. The spotted palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphrodites) belongs to the Viverridae family. This species is scattered in Southeast Asian countries such as Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and southern China. Their favorite drinks are fruits and coffee berries. However, when entering the stomach, only the coffee pulp is digested, while the coffee beans are excreted through the digestive tract. This process forms the main basis for the presence of today’s legendary coffee.

2. Blue Mountain Coffee: $45,- per 500 grams

Blue Mountain coffee is one of the most expensive and popular Arabica coffee beans in the world. It originates from the eastern part of the Blue Mountains in Jamaica. It is called Jamaican Blue Mountain to distinguish it from other coffee beans.

With an altitude of 2000m- 5000m, the Blue Mountains are one of the highest coffee growing regions in the world. The climate here is pleasant, with high rainfall, rich soil and good water permeability. The combination of soil and climate creates ideal conditions for coffee plants. However, this type of coffee is not suitable for other climate conditions. Climate change will lead to changes in coffee flavor. That is why it is currently only grown in Jamaica and Hawaii.

According to coffee connoisseurs, this coffee is famous for its light, aromatic flavor, less sour, a little sweet, and rich. The price of one kilogram of this type of coffee is currently around 100 USD. Japan is the largest importer of Blue Mountain coffee (90% of total production). These coffee beans are also the basis for Tia Maria liqueur-flavored coffees.

3.   Bourbon Coffee:

Bourbon is a coffee variety named after its original growing area, Bourbon Island, now Reunion, east of Madagascar. Bourbon coffee was first produced in Réunion, known as Bourbon Ile before 1789. Bourbon was later favored by the French, Africans, Latin Americans, and is now one of the two most widely grown Arabica coffees in the world, a form of Typica coffee.

Bourbon coffee is usually produced at altitudes of 1,000 to 2,000 meters and produces 20-30% higher yields than Typica, but can produce coffee of similar quality

This type of coffee has a very attractive sour taste, with a seductive aroma. Take a sip, you will feel very enjoyable. Bourbon has been adapted and grown in the highlands of Vietnam for a long time. Today, this is the top delicious coffee variety of Vietnamese coffee.

4.   Ethiopia:

Ethiopia can be considered the cradle of coffee. In the tenth century, nomads herding goats on an Ethiopian mountainside were the first to recognize the stimulating effects of coffee. This drink was then spread throughout the Middle East by mystical Sufi pilgrims carrying Islam. From the Middle East, this coffee variety gradually became widely known in European and American countries.

Coffee still grows naturally in the mountains of Ethiopia. Farmers grow Ethiopian coffee in four different systems, including forest coffee, semi-forest coffee, coffee gardens and coffee plantations. About 98% of Ethiopia’s coffee is produced by farmers on small farms and it is the country’s most important export. Ethiopia is Africa’s third largest coffee producer. There are approximately 700,000 smallholder coffee producers in Ethiopia, of which 54 percent are semi-forested. Coffee has been part of their indigenous cultural traditions for more than 10 generations.

Ethiopian coffee is one of the most popular coffee origins in the world. However, Ethiopia has to compete and cooperate with coffee companies, which often have more market power and earn higher profits. The average Ethiopian coffee grower earns about $900 per year. Ethiopian coffee certification began after the establishment of the Coffee Board of Ethiopia (NCBE) in 1957. The NCBE’s goal is to control and coordinate the production, trade, export, and quality of Ethiopian coffee.

The aromas of indigenous African coffee varieties are incredibly rich, ranging from chocolate to baked goods, from grassland to fruit; from sweet to sour, from bitter to spicy. This place is truly a kingdom to be explored for a lifetime.

5.   Villasarchi:

Villasarchi is a hybrid of Bourbon coffee. Villasarchi grows in the Sarchi Valley west of Costa Rica. The branches of this coffee tree grow diagonally from the trunk at a 45-degree angle, spreading a leafy area that covers the tree very evenly. Villasarchi grows well in high altitudes, under the shade of trees and this coffee variety is suitable for organic farming, because it does not like chemical fertilizers. Villasarchi’s fruit has a bright red color that looks very beautiful and attractive, the taste is quite elegantly sour mixed with a mysterious bitter-sweetness, creating a strange feeling when drinking.

6.   Typica:

Arabica Typica is the oldest coffee variety, it is the first coffee variety discovered by humans in the Kaffa region of Ethiopia in the last century, which people often tell as the story of a goatherd. The seeds of Typica coffee were brought to America by a French naval officer in the 1700s. Typica has a very low yield, small bean size, oval shape. However, the quality of Typica is excellent, showing excellent flavor, bittersweet taste mixed with a little acidity, strong and balanced body.

7. Geisha:

Geisha is an extremely rare coffee variety that has completely conquered all the most excellent coffee connoisseurs in the world. Its flavor is indescribably complex. Some say, it is very complex and intense! This coffee variety was discovered in the small town of Gesha in southwestern Ethiopia and was brought to grow in Costa Rica. These Geisha coffee trees grow very tall, beautiful canopy, elongated leaves. The fruit and beans of this Geisha coffee are also longer than other coffee varieties. The top quality of this coffee variety is born from the plantations on the plateau, and is acclaimed all over the world. Geisha has a sweet taste, a sour and slightly bitter aftertaste, an extremely rich flavor, even with the smell of ripe fruits such as mango, papaya, peach mixed with honey, the smell of grass, the smell of wild strawberries combined with the smell of malt sugar…

8.   Colombia:

Colombia coffee, is a hybrid of two parents Robusta and Arabica. This coffee variety was bred and developed in Colombia to resist disease while increasing productivity. For decades Colombia has tried to produce dozens of versions called F10-F1. F10, also known as the Castillo. And finally, today, the pinnacle is the official Colombia variety, proudly bearing the name of a country. This is the most popular variety grown in Colombia. Although Colombia has a strong, wonderful aroma, very high acidity, considered with a bitter aftertaste, almost no sweet aftertaste, strong body, used in high-end coffee brands.

Colombia coffee is a blend of coffee beans from many different regions to maintain a high level of quality. Like Kona and Jamaican Blue Mountain, Colombian coffee beans are exclusively Arabica coffee, which has a smoother, less acidic flavor profile than Robusta beans.