History of Coffee in Honduras

Let’s check out the history of coffee in Honduras. Coffee in Honduras seemed to have been introduced around the late 18th Century by the trade market. In the 19th Century, coffee growth was slow due to the fact that bananas were the main source of income for most farmers. But by the mid-20th Century coffee grew immensely with the help of the government.

The coffee industry of Honduras has dealt with many difficult challenges. The weather was/is one of the main challenges. Hurricane Mitch in 1998, destroyed more than 80% of agricultural fields in Honduras. After the hurricane, Honduras economic system did not do well. Due to the slow economy system, farmers would smuggle their coffee beans out of Honduras and sell them at a higher price to nearby countries like Guatemala. Exporting coffee out of Honduras decreased as the government began to tax the exportation of coffee, but this led to increased illegal exporting of coffee. The decrease of illegal coffee exportation was largely due to the fact that the government began to assists farmers with growing coffee crops. They helped by passing laws that helped farmers produce and access coffee in remote areas. One way that they helped was by creating roads to those remote areas.

IHCAFE, an advocacy of coffee, helped coffee grow by creating their coffee as a high-quality product in the international markets. Coffee from Honduras is grown in six different areas, each area creates a unique flavor and bodied. From 2011-2012, Honduras exported more than 4.1 million bags of coffee, talk about a growth! Although coffee exportation has declined, Honduras is still one of the top ten exporters of coffee in the world.

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History of Coffee in Colombia

Let’s take a look at the history of coffee in Colombia. It is unsure as to how coffee arrived in Colombia there are different theories. One of the theories is that the coffee bean came around the 17th Century, with Jesuit priests, but it wasn’t until 1835’s that the first export of coffee from Colombia to the America was shipped.

Colombia's coffee is growth in high altitudes and carefully cared for in the shades of banana and rubber trees, Colombia's coffee is a rich, full-bodied, and perfectly balanced coffee taste. There are two main regions to where coffee is grown, the central region and the eastern region. The central region creates a heavy body, rich flavor, and finely balanced acidity coffee. While in the eastern region, it creates a richer, heavier and has less acidity coffee, making it the finest coffee in Colombia.

Around the 1860’s coffee had become one of the largest and most exported agriculture crops in Colombia. This made coffee on of the main source of government revenue. By 1875’s, Colombia was exporting more than 100,000 bags of coffee and by 1992, Colombia exported more than 17 million bags! Although Colombia's coffee export has slowed down, it's still exporting a great amount of coffee, but not as large as Brazil or Vietnam.

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Origin of Coffee- Yemen

In a port called Al-Mokha, which is located in Yemen, it has been said that coffee originated from there. In this small city, the locals gave coffee its original Arabic name qahwa and mocha came from this port, port Al-Mokha.

According to World.Mic, coffee was everything to Yemen. Coffee was handed down from generation to generation, and it was one of the most important plants there was for Yemenis. Coffee was considered the “Wine of Arabia”, where monks in the Sufi monasteries of Yemen drank it to help them stay up for midnight prayers. Coffee spread from the monks to everyone, for everyday use and it was also included in trades as an exquisite item. It spread all over the Islamic world creating different coffee houses in areas including Persia, Egypt, Turkey, and North Africa. Coffee spread all over Europe by the Ottoman Empire and by trading markets by the Yemeni in the port of Mocha. England and the Dutch East India Companies were able to transport the Mocha beans and trees back to England, India, Sumatra, Bali and other islands in the East Indies.

Although now coffee is not as big anymore in Yemen, the taste and smell of Arabica coffee are unique as it takes a while to create and perfect. The coffee beans can only be harvested five years after being planted at 2,500 meters (about 8,200 feet above sea level). The coffee beans are handpicked at a specific time, dried outside by the sun, and then peel the dried skin. Yemenis use every part of the coffee plant. The leaves are used to make a red tea that's like herbal medicine, and the husk is used within a drink, which contains a lot of antioxidants.

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Most Common Origin of Coffee Story

There are a couple of theories on how coffee was discovered. According to this theory Kaldi, a goat herder from Kaffa, noticed the goats that he usually gathers were acting strangely one day. They seemed to be jumping around on their hind legs and bleating loudly. Kaldi investigated and found that the source of these behaviors were from a small shrub with bright berries.

Kaldi tried some himself and felt the same effects as the goats. He felt very excited. He then took it home and his wife suggested him to share these berries with the monks. When he arrived at the monastery, the monk did not believe him. 

The beans were then labeled as the “Devil’s work”, and were tossed into the fire. This myth suggests that the smell of the roasting beans made the monks rethink the label of the beans. They took the coffee beans out of the fire, crushed them, and covered them with hot water.

As the coffee aroma began to spread all over the monastery, the monks were drawn to the aroma and wanted to taste the coffee beans. They discovered that coffee was effective in keeping them awake during holy devotion practice, just like tea. The Monks then vowed to drink coffee to help them with their religious devotions every day. This was one of the myths on how coffee was first discovered.

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History of Coffee- Part 2

Historical figures and events made coffee one of the world’s most popular drink. As coffee began to trade around the 13th Century, coffee houses and roasting of coffee beans were also introduced. One historical figure that helped people accept coffee was Pope Clement VIII. Pope Clement VIII baptized coffee allowing Christians to drink it.

On the major historical event, which helped with coffee rising popularity in the US was The Boston Tea Party In  1773, when Americans rebelled against England by dumping the tea, which was the most popular drink at that time. Coffee took its place after that event. Brazil played a huge role coffee the popularity of coffee. Coffee plantations in Brazil grew immensely fast, and coffee became over produced. Coffee's over production allowed coffee to be available for everyone and not just to the elites.

At the beginning of the 1900’s, instant coffee was created making it easier to mass produce. The 1920’s prohibition in the US made the coffee sales and consumption soared. In 1938, one of the biggest coffee manufactured in Brazil, Nescafe, develop its own way to freeze dry the instant coffee allowing this to help with the over production. 

Once TV was introduced to us, in the 1950’s, commercials of coffee helped spread it all over the US.

Coffee sure has a long history! Check out our next blog for more history facts on coffee. Be on the lookout for Fivesso’s Crowdfunding Campaign in June.

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It's Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day! Every year on April 22nd, Earth Day is celebrated to inspire people across the world to help protect our wonderful planet in any way they can. 

There are many ways for us to help our planet; from recycling more often, educating ourselves on energy saving tips, reducing our carbon footprints by cycling or carpooling, educating ourselves on environmental policies, buying locally grown products, going paperless, planting trees, and so much more. 

 Any small actions from turning off the lights to buying products that are decomposable can help protect our planet.

Fivesso is also doing its part to help protect our earth, by using all natural, organic essential oils we can help reduce chemical trails that other synthetic essential oils leave behind. Fivesso also uses locally grown ingredients to create our premium coffee soap bars and scrubs. 

What are you doing for Earth Day today?  

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History of Coffee

Let’s get to know coffee! Even though no one really knows how and when coffee was first introduced, the earliest signs of coffee usage were around the 10th century by the Ethiopians.

From Ethiopia to Mecca, by the early 15th-century coffee had made its way into the trading market and was spreading through Egypt and North Africa. Coffee houses, in various locations such as Syria and Istanbul, the capital of Ottoman Empire, had also started to grow and spread. By the 1600’s coffee had spread all over Europe and even traded to the East Indies and later on to the Americas (North and South). Around this time coffee was also introduce to India and later spread all over Asia.

Even though Ethiopia may have been the origin of coffee, it is not one of the largest producers of it. Brazil is the largest coffee producer, followed by Vietnam and then Colombia.

Coffee beans from around the world are unique due to its different flavors, aromas, bodies, and acidities. Here in the United States, more than 150 million Americans drink coffee on a daily basis! That’s a lot of coffee!

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