Ed's Coffee Library

and Other Thoughts and Findings

By Ed Chen on 2015 28 August

Why is Kona Coffee So Expensive??

English

科納咖啡因為是家庭式小型農場生產,因此品質上乘。 因為每一個農場面積不大而且咖啡生長在山坡崎嶇地形,因此不可能大量工業生產。

夏威夷的山是世界上少數最年輕的土壤,有些島嶼四十萬年前才形成,因此污 染也最少。沒有像重金屬等類的污染,而且是少數與世隔離的土地。

科納咖啡是純手工摘取,今天大部分咖啡都是機器連枝帶葉採收後再由機器分類。科納咖啡則是農夫親手檢視每顆咖啡果的大小顏色,只採摘成熟的咖啡果實。

夏威夷的火山岩與火山灰讓土壤飽含豐富的微量營養素,是讓果實甜美多汁味道濃郁的重要原因。而ㄧ般工業生產咖啡所用的肥料缺乏像鋅、硒、銅等只在火山灰裡才有的微元素。而這世界上又有多少地方能說他們経常有夾著火山灰的雨水定期澆灌?


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