Chapter 68
French Cayenne Cayenne, m _In general_: Guiana n Similar to (Cayenne) Martinique. The production is limited and commercially unimportant.
=============+============+==============+=================+================= Grand Country s.h.i.+pping State, or Trade Values Division Ports District, and Cup Market Names Characteristics and Gradings -------------+------------+--------------+-----------------+----------------- South Brazil Brazils, m n _In general_: The American coffees of Brazil, (Cont'd) which are generally known in the trade as "Brazils" (to distinguish them from "Milds," the higher grades), are the "price"
coffees of the world. Brazil produces about 70% of the world's supply.
Santos So Paulo, d The largest coffee district, producing between 50% and 60% of the world's supply.
Cla.s.ses: Bourbon, Small bean, Santos m n resembling Mocha, but making a handsomer roast with fewer quakers.
In color it varies from dark to light green, and from yellow to a pale straw, often with a red center. True Bourbons are first crop beans. In the cup they are smooth and palatable without tang.
Flat Bean Smooth surface, Santos m n small to large, pale green and greenish-yellow to pale yellow. It is a sixth year crop of Bourbon Santos.
Good full smooth body. Used straight and in combination with all milds.
Mocha-Seed A grade of Bourbon Santos m n designed as a subst.i.tute for true Mocha on the European markets.
Campinas, d The oldest coffee & t district in So Paulo. There are 136 others.
_Gradings for All So Paulo_: 1--Fine 4--Regular 2--Superior 5--Ordinary 3--Good 6--Escalba +-----------------+----------------- Rio de Mins Geraes Various shades of Janeriro Rio, m n green, medium to large. Peculiar pungent flavor and aroma.
_Gradings for All Rios_: (N.Y. Coffee Exchange) 1--No imperfections 2--6 imperfections 3--13 imperfections 4--20 imperfections 5--60 imperfections 6--110 imperfections 7--About 200 imperfections 8--About 400 imperfections (On Havre Exchange) Washed--Inferior and ordinary Unwashed--Superior, 1st good, 1st regular, 1st ordinary, 2nd good, 2nd ordinary.
=============+============+==============+=================+================= Grand Country s.h.i.+pping State, or Trade Values Division Ports District, and Cup Market Names Characteristics and Gradings -------------+------------+--------------+-----------------+----------------- South America Brazil Victoria Espirito Santo Large, dingy-green (Cont'd) (Cont'd) d or brown bean Victoria, t making a roast free Capitania, m from quakers but n but muddy in the cup.
Bahia Bahia, d, t, & Low grade, having a m n peculiar smoky flavor.
Chapada, t & Light-colored, m n fair-sized bean; attractive roast, but no cup character.
Caravellas, t Similar to Chapada.
& m n Nazareth, t & Small bean, fair m n roast, undesirable cup.
Maragogipe, A variety of t & m n _Coffea arabica_; large bean, elephantine roast, woody in the cup.
Ceara Ceara, t Small, flinty, green Cuaruaru, m bean; value like n Santos of the same grade.
Ecuador Guayaquil Ecuador _In general_: The Ecuador coffee bean is small, pea-green in color, and not high grade. It resembles Ceara, and when old makes a bright roast. It is poor in cup quality and useful only as a filler.
Not an important commercial factor.
Peru Callao Peru _In general_: The Mollendo Choquisongo, d green coffee bean Cajamarca, d of Peru ranges from Perene, d medium to bold in Paucartambo, d size, and from Chauchamayo, d bluish to yellow in Huanuaco, d color. The highland Pacasmayo, d variety has been compared with the high-grade Mexicans, but the lowland growths are not favorably regarded.
Unimportant commercially.
Bolivia Bolivia _In general_: La Paz, d Bolivia's coffee, Apolobamba, though of superior t quality and Yungas, m sometimes compared n favorably with Cochabamba, d Arabian growths, is Santa Cruz, d an unimportant Sara factor in Velasco international Chiquitos coffee trading.
Cordillera El Beni, d Chuquisca, d Argentina Argentina _In general_: Salta, d Argentina's coffee Jujuy, d is grown chiefly for home consumption.
Unimportant commercially.
=============+============+==============+=================+================= Grand Country s.h.i.+pping State, or Trade Values Division Ports District, and Cup Market Names Characteristics and Gradings -------------+------------+--------------+-----------------+----------------- South America Paraguay Paraguay _In general_: (Cont'd) Altos, d Paraguay's coffee Asuncion, d is all marketed in Asuncion, where it is sold as Brazilian coffee.
It is commercially important.
-------------+------------+--------------+-----------------+----------------- Asia Arabia Aden Mocha _In general_: Hodeida Arabian, or Mocha, Maidi beans are very Leheya small, hard, round irregular in form and size; in color, olive green shading off to pale yellow.
The roast is poor and irregular. In the cup they have a unique acid character, heavy body; in flavor, smooth and delicious.
Yemen Marttari, d From the Beni-Mattar (Mohtari) country; the best; a yellow-green translucent bean.
Yaffey, d From the Yaffey country near Taiz; second best.
Sharki, d A long light yellow (Shergi) bean, from the east, "Esh Shark" a superior Mocha with a rich full body.
Sanani, d From the Sanaa region; a green bean. A grade lower than Sharki.
Haimi-Harazi, A quality green bean d from a mountain (Hemi or near Mattari.
Heimah) Anezi, d From the El Anz (Anisi) country. Pale yellow and very hard.
Sharsh, d Superior qualities Menakha, d of the above due Hifash, d to different methods of curing.
Remi, d A poorer grade, (Reimah) reddish bean, from Djebel Remi.
Bourai, d A poorer grade from (Bura) Djebel Boura.
Shami, d A poorer grade from from the north; Esh Sham.
Yemeni, d A poorer grade from (Taizi) the south; El Yemen.
Maidi, d A poorer grade from the port of Maidi.
Abyssinia Formerly known as (Africa) Longberry Mocha, but still s.h.i.+pped through Aden _via_ Jibuti. See Africa--Abyssinia.
=============+============+==============+=================+================= Grand Country s.h.i.+pping State, or Trade Values Division Ports District, and Cup Market Names Characteristics and Gradings -------------+------------+--------------+-----------------+----------------- Asia Arabia _Gradings for All Mochas_: Mocha (Cont'd) (Cont'd) Extra--For all extra qualities as Yaffey, Anezi, Matari, Sharki. Mocha No. 1--For Anezi, Matari, Sharki; only perfect berries. No. 1A, same as No. 1, but with some dust. Mocha No.
2--Some broken and quakers. Mocha No.
3--Broken, quakers and dust.
Magrache--Triage or screenings.
-----------------+----------------- India Madras Indias, m n _In general_: The Calicut Indian coffee bean Mangalore is small to large Tellicherry and blue-green in Tuticorin color. In the cup Bombay it has a distinctive strong flavor and deep color.
Mysore, d Mountain-grown, Mysore, t large, blue-green bean, heavy body.
Madras, d Small bean, solid Malabar, m and meaty; handsome n (Wynaad) roast, peculiar rich flavor.
Nilgiri, d Small to large bean Nilgiris, m with slight acidity n in the cup; plantation Ceylon character.
Madura, d No marked (Palni Hills) characteristics.
Salem, d Same as Nilgiris.
(Shevaroys) Coimbatore, d Same as Nilgiris.
Tellicherry, A good grade d resembling Malabar; somewhat similar Nilgiris.
Coorg (or A large, flat, dark Kurg), d green bean, thin in the cup; a lowland variety.
Travancore, d Similar to Nilgiris.
Cochin, d A native cherry.
Cochin, m n Bombay, d Commercially Kanara unimportant.
Bengal, d Commercially Chittagong unimportant.
a.s.sam Commercially unimportant.
South Sylhet Commercially unimportant.
Burma Rangoon Burma Large spongy bean; Tavoy, d gra.s.sy cup. Not a commercial factor.
_Cla.s.ses for All Indias_: 1--Native cherry (sun dried and then hulled) 2--Plantation (washed) Sizes: Nos.
=============+============+==============+=================+================= Grand Country s.h.i.+pping State, or Trade Values Division Ports District, and Cup Market Names Characteristics and Gradings -------------+------------+--------------+-----------------+----------------- Asia Ceylon Colombo Ceylon _In general_: (Cont'd) Gampola, d Ceylon's coffees Dumbara, d are no longer the Kotmale, d commercial factor p.u.s.s.ellawa, d they were before the coffee blight practically destroyed the industry. Those left, however, still retain much of their original character, the hill-grown washed being unique in appearance and flavor. In the old days they were cla.s.sed as native, or plain-grown, plantation, mountain, and Liberian.
Malay States Penang Straits _In general_: The (British) (Georgetown) Liberian, m coffee from the Singapore n Malay States is Straits mostly Liberian Robusta, m and Robusta and is n not important commercially, although the Robusta variety promises to become an important factor.
Perak, d Most important of the Federated States coffees.
Selangor, d Native state coffee.
Negri- Nine states Sembilan, d Federation district coffees.
Bali, d & m From the island in n Netherlands East Indies (See p.
374.) Timor, d & From the island in m n Netherlands East Indies (See p.
374.) French Haiphong Indo-China, m _In general_: The Indo-China n coffees of French Tonkin Indo-China, while Annam comparatively new, Cambodia give promise; but Cochin-China as yet are not commercially important. The original arabica plantings have been succeeded by liberica and robusta growths.
-------------+------------+--------------+-----------------+----------------- Malay Sunda East Indies, _In general_: Archipelago Islands m n Included in this group are the best-known coffees from Sumatra, Java, Timor, Celebes, etc.
Netherlands East Indies Sumatra Padang Sumatra _In general___: Kroe (West Included among the Coast) coffees of Sumatra Batavia (Java) are several that are conceded to be the finest the world produces. The green beans are large, uniform, and vary in color from pale straw to deep mahogany. They have a smooth, heavy body, the -------------+------------+--------------+-----------------+-----------------
=============+============+==============+=================+================= Grand Country s.h.i.+pping State, or Trade Values Division Ports District, and Cup Market Names Characteristics and Gradings -------------+------------+--------------+-----------------+----------------- Malay Netherlands Padang fancies possessing Archipelago East Indies Kroe (West an almost syrupy (Cont'd) Sumatra Coast) richness. They are (Cont'd) Batavia (Java) graded as Private Estate (washed or dry hulled) and Blue Bean (washed).
Padang, d & The best coffee in t the world"; also Mandheling, m the highest priced.
n Formerly a Government coffee.
Yellow to brown, large-sized bean; dully roast, but free from quakers.
It is of heavy body, exquisite flavor and aroma.
Ankola, m n Formerly a Government coffee.
Large fat bean, making a dull roast. Second only to Mandhelings; it has a heavy body and rich, musty flavor.
Siboga, m n A harder bean Ankola; sometimes called Private Estate Ankola.
Ayer Bangies, Formerly a m n Government coffee. Large even bean, with Mandheling and Ankola; of a delicate flavor but not much body.
Corinchie, m Formerly a native n cultivation. The bean is large, handsome, brown in color. It makes an attractive roast.
Good body, plenty of bitter acid, delicious flavor.
Interior, m Formerly all n Government coffee.
The true type of Old Government Java. Poor roast, good cup.
Painan Formerly a Government coffee.
Mixed green and brown beans; poor roast. Heavy body, pungent flavor.
Grades next to Inferior.