Cabofe DOC Form

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This is one of the most popular plants in the world. It takes about 3-4 years to grow before producing berries which are picked, washed, pulped, dried, and roasted to make coffee. The world consumes about 500 billion cups of it every year. It’s grown by millions of farmers across Latin America, Africa and Asia. But there’s a crisis on the horizon. This is the only area where the coffee plant can grow. And as man-made climate change warms the planet, it’s shrinking. Here in Colombia, one of the biggest coffee producers in the world, the impact of that crisis can already be felt. There are over a hundred species of the coffee plant. The vast majority occur in the wild while a few are cultivated on a farm. Two of which are by far the most common. Robusta coffee has a bitter taste, and is used to make espresso and most instant-coffee. Arabica coffee is the good stuff. It has a smooth and mild taste and is used for high-quality coffee. Both species require specific conditions to grow