Basic knowledge of boutique coffee Reunion's coffee

In 1715, the first coffee trees (about 40 trees) were transported from Mocha port in Yemen to La Reunion, but unfortunately only two survived. By 1719, coffee plantations were flourishing and the first coffee beans were sold. For the next few years, the government imposed a mandatory rule: the islanders, black and white, had to plant 100 coffee trees a year. In 1723, the law was amended to emphasize that all slaves must plant 200 mocha coffee trees a year and that anyone who damaged the coffee trees should be killed. At that time, the island was still a French colony, called Bourbon Island, so the coffee here was called Bourbon Coffee, and the coffee grown here and the arabica tree species transported from there to other countries were also named.

Coffee production in Reunion:

This island produces smaller coffee beans, different from Arabica, so bourbon coffee trees become another new variety. Today, the "bourbon" arabica coffee tree is widely grown and appreciated worldwide, but almost no coffee is grown in Réunion itself.

Features of Reunion Coffee:

The coffee produced on the island is often referred to as "bourbon coffee", and bourbon coffee has the following characteristics:

Flavor: Full bodied, perfect taste

Recommended baking method: medium to deep baking

★★: Good

Reunion Coffee Market:

Now Reunion almost no longer grows any coffee.