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Article: Soluble sophistication for coffee: Dr. Terry Mabbett looks into the evolving sophistication of soluble coffee and how one soluble manufacturer is focusing on single origins.
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- Tea & Coffee Trade Journal
- Article date:
- October 20, 2005
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Roots of Arabica coffee are deeply set in the ancient soils of the Ethiopian Highlands and the Boma Plateua of Sudan. But "The Queen of Coffees" is now grown throughout those favored parts of the world tucked between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, where hills and mountains shoot up into the sky to pierce the clouds at 6,000 feet or more. Only here, in the 'Shangri-La' conditions of volcanic soils bathed in clear cool water and aired with a fresh, clean atmosphere, will Coffea Arabica bushes bear to their full potential in yield and quality.
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