Where is coffee grown?

The main areas of the world that successfully grown Arabica beans are Latin America, East Africa, Arabia & Asia. Arabica plantations need a cool subtropical climate, hence these locations. A higher altitude is needed here.

The Robustra Beans however, can be grown at lower elevations, and are therefore grown in Brazil, Central and Western Africa, and in Southeast Asia, in the main.

Geogramical considerations include altitude, tempoarature (year round), UV radiation, rainfall, and of course, soil type.

As with wine regions, the area in which coffee is grown dramatially affects the final product that we can sample thoughout the world.

Soffee these days appears to have become an irristable beverage! So much so that it has now overtaken tea as THE DRINK of the UK!

In October 2021, Statistica reported that coffee had drawn level with tea as the favourite beverage in the UK - well known as a nation of tea drinkers!