Coffee growing regions

The Cuban coffee industry can only be understood through its history, tied up with the country’s unique political past. Coffee was first grown in Cuba in the mid 1700s. José...

Similar to its neighbor Vietnam, Thailand mainly cultivates Robusta. Since 1970, small coffee farms have been trying to set themselves apart from the competition with Arabica. Demand for Thai coffee...

French missionaries brought coffee to Vietnam in 1857, and although Vietnam is much smaller in area than Brazil, the most important coffee-growing country, the coastal state has become the second-largest...

Coffee cultivation did not succeed until 1930, when seeds of the Jamaican coffee specialty Blue Mountain were smuggled into the country. This developed into one of the most important economic...

Coffee is said to have been introduced to Tanzania from Ethiopia by the Haja people in the 16th century. The so-called 'Haya coffee' (also known as 'amwani') was probably a...

Coffee arrived in Burundi in the course of the 1920s. To this day, however, the high level of poverty in the country makes it difficult to cultivate coffee bushes on...

Coffee is still cultivated in Yemen using traditional methods that have been tried and tested for centuries. Cultivation takes place at altitudes of 2,000 to 2,500 meters, as 70% of...

Missionaries brought coffee from Tanzania and Kenya to Zambia as early as the 1950s. Important coffee-growing regions include Isoka and Kasama. Grants from the World Bank in 1980 promote coffee...

Although coffee cultivation only came to Uganda at the beginning of the 20th century, it brings in around half of total export earnings and employs almost three million coffee farmers....

The first coffee plants were cultivated only in 1860 in the province of Manabí. Coffea plants quickly spread to all regions of Ecuador. One reason for this was that many...

Coffee has been grown in Hawaii since 1825 and, along with bananas, is the number one export product. It is predominantly Arabica in the varieties Catuai, Caturra and Typica cultivated....

Coffee was already being cultivated in El Salvador in the middle of the 18th century, though initially only for domestic consumption. Only Arabica coffees are grown, mainly the Bourbon variety...