The geisha variety from Panama was sourced from the CATIE, in Costa Rica before the 1950s. CATIE holds a bank of coffee (and cacao) for the preservation of this crop.

Thank Ethiopia and Africa for your coffee!!!

After drinking black coffee for the past 45 years, my favorite is definitely Ethiopian Mocha Harrar.

Great video. He packs a TON of historical info in a very short time. It felt like I was cramming for an exam.

I think it’s cool that mankind and coffee got its start in the same territory. Just stand to reason why man loves his Coffee.

Thanks for the video, I have been educated by it. I live in Honduras and I am proud of having tried many of these varieties first hand! Am I one lucky guy!

As a newbie to the coffee world, I find this video clear, logical and engaging. It definitely deepened my understanding. Personally I like it way better than the Asher Yaron TED Talk, since the latter is more subjective and desperately need more supporting evidence. I would love to see more videos like this one being posted!

Can we get this guy on MasterClass please ☕️

I love that coffee grew up like two blocks from humanity! I have a newfound fondness for my morning cup. (hey there neighbor). I also found this video hours after deciding etheopian yirgacheffe is my favorite coffee, at least for now! Seriously its so good, go get some.

first I want to thank you for the video Being from Yemen and watching the video describing the map of Coffee roots and how it spread out of Yemen "Typica", I just want to mention that Mocha Is a name of a city port in the red sea where Yemeni Coffee from different areas in Yemen were shipped to Turkey and the travel from Yemen to South-east Asia was for one type of Yemeni mutant gen of multiple types all from the Ethiopian one, yet it spread around Yemen and with time developed it's own characteristics " farming in high and dry altitude starting from 800 meters over the sea level and above to 2300 meters " there are about 10 different types of Yemeni Coffee and they are magnificent in comparison to taste, tree production and quality. now that I'm out of Yemen in Djibouti I start to see and note those differences in taste bean shape and the incredible diversity of the Ethiopian Coffee in comparison, yet the Yemeni coffee still mange's to be distinguished for powerful small beans and taste. I acknowledge that most Yemeni farmers stopped cultivating Coffee and planted Qat "another tree coming from Ethiopia" yet some old farms still have it and working in Coffee plantation around Yemen and I hope soon after the war in the country stop's people will come gradually to plant Yemeni Coffee again now that we have a formal concept of "Speciality Coffee ". My friend Mr. Hussein Ahmed has started a company called Mocha Coffee Hunters and he is doing a great job with the Yemeni farmers in terms of farming education and production. Peace

i dream of one day going to ethiopia and kenya to see different coffee producers, yirgacheffe was my first coffee that blew me away and those two countries have since become my favorite origins

I am writing a report on coffee for publication and found this to be of very much help understanding the base foundation of coffee. Thank you for putting this together.

I have some coffe plants here in the Philippines. I think these are robusta varieties. When they start to flower the surrounding air really smells nice. The flowers are so fragrant.

This video is amazing. Thank you Ethiopia for coffee. I am a proud Honduran and coffee consœur about to start our own coffee farm with my husband. Honduran coffee is extremely good, but you have to know WHERE in Honduras. Pay attention to attitude and latitude to get the best. Lots of people say Copan, personally, it is too weak (altitude). I prefer Santa Barbara and Marcala. El Salvador and Colombia also have exceptional coffee. Colombia winning my heart over these two. Vietnam, Indonesia, and Ethiopia are also favorites of mine. In Europe, Greece, France, and Italy were not that bad. Turkey and and some other Middle Eastern countries can have good spiced coffee. Adding some notes of cardamom, saffron, etc. It is a different experience for sure. I adore coffee, as a Hispanic, we drink coffee since we're children. It was such a blessing to find a foreign husband with such a passion for coffee as well (and out of the two, he brews it the best❤). Such and informative video. It should be shared with more people.

I want like this video twice ,... perfect for real coffee lovers...

Notice: The first written record of coffee made from roasted coffee beans (botanical seeds) comes from Arab scholars, who wrote that it was useful in prolonging their working hours. The Arab innovation in Yemen of making a brew from roasted beans, spread first among the Egyptians and Turks, and later on found its way around the world. Other scholars believe that the coffee plant was introduced from Yemen, based on a Yemeni traditional.

I trade in coffee, both green and roasted, I have been at it for 2 years now and Ethiopia coffee leads the pack.

Thank you so very much for being clear. I really enjoyed listening to you as a coffee lover. Bless you!!

Probably one of the most informative and educational piece of resource I have ever come across on KZfaq based on coffee. It seems to me that history has yet to be recorded with where coffee has taken a firm step, but nevertheless in our day and age we can easily say that we have experienced one of the most asserted and pleasant flavours with regards to this cherry grown in different areas of the continents. I do however (although not much information can be found due to many differing narrations) feel that the beginning of coffee seems to have many conflicting recordings as to where it began and how it travelled so far out from its origins, it would have been great if evidence and dates were provided in relation to the initial growth of coffee in which you touched upon briefly in the beginning of the video. I get that nostalgic feeling of being inside a lecture back at uni (honestly if you just close your eyes and listen to this man's voice), and appreciate greatly the time and effort that was put into this piece of art. It would have been great to do more follow up videos on in-depth reviews of the more typical found coffee rather than the much rarer species. I had no idea what I was expecting when I clicked on this video, once again an amazing intro and very in-depth look at the history of coffee and it's variety. Much appreciated.

Thank you. This kind of information is rarely available for free. Educational, and I couldn't track the time, awesome!

Who would dislike this? this is amazing!

This is very informative, didn't know there were so many variations of coffee

This is amazing, I can’t believe i finished listening all, super educational.

Fascinating and informative video! I just bought 2 Kona Coffee Plants and am doing my due diligence to keep them alive. Now, I have added other varieties to buy!

Thank you, is very educational, I have always loved coffee as a child born in Cuba as I get older I EXPLORE.

Interesting. As a newbie in the industry I find this very helpful.

Wow, what an education, thank you so much for this video!

This is by far the best explanatory and informative presentation on the different varietals of coffee that I have ever seen. The fact that this video had a presentation run time of just less than 30 minutes is a testimony to keeping the info. organized but also not too simple or generalized. Again, awesome coffee presentation.

Thank you for doing this video. Very informative. Well presented.

Thank you for the video! It is so informative and clear!

This video is so ahead of its time

This video is REALLY cool. I've been to some Geisha Coffee fields here in Panama, really cool experience.

Your story telling is amazing. I have read similar content but I could hardly remember anything. You made it very clear and interesting. Thank you very much.

That was fascinating hearing about the history of coffee as well as it’s varieties..Most people I think ,don’t realy think of this until they are made aware of the different varieties and characteristics such as sweet note,citrus,spice etc.The whole coffee experience changes when you understand this.So even if you arn’t a coffee fenatic you develop a better appreciation for good coffee and flavor.

Fantastic comprehensive video. Thank you so much for this

Thx so much for this enlighting video. Now, it sort of complicate things even more for me to have a simple cup of coffee yet, it also deepen the experience of a simple cup of coffee.

This guy explaining is so good at teaching 👍👍

Super Informative!! I wish I would have seen this video, years ago- however, I'm very happy that it is still here- and, that I can watch it over and take notes! I love Coffee; and, have learned a lot more about it during this pandemic. Thank You!!

Very interesting and seemingly comprehensive explanation. Now to figure out how to find the coffees discussed in small quantities for experiencing the varieties.

I have tried many coffees in the US and I have tried many coffee traveling to Central, South America and Africa and all those coffee are really bitter and apparently it is because of the type of coffee they have and specially because of the process of getting the final dry coffee bean. The only coffee that was perfect in flavor, smell, bold, rich and not bitter was the Colombian Coffee and I learned why. Colombian coffee has a very precise process where they use clean water, they pick only the best red coffee beans , and most of the coffee plants are Arabica coffee plans. Really the best coffee.( I am not Colombian. Colombia really specialize in producing the best coffee)

Thank you for this helpful information. I enjoyed watching it! شكراً

You are a great story teller, very knowledgeable too. Could you perhaps share what sources I could read to learn more about the categorization of coffee and its history? I find bits and pieces around the web but it's difficult to connect the dots to see the bigger picture. You already explained a lot in this video but there's so much more out there. With climate change hitting every corner of the globe, I'm expecting to see real change in the world of coffee and it would be nice to understand where it all came from and where it's going to.

Peter knows his stuff. Great knowledge here...

This video is so good I can't believe its free! Thank you so much. Really opens up the world of coffee in 30 mins.

Thanks for making this! I always find it tricky to wrap my head around varieties but this really helped! :)

This video is a jewel. Great Job. Looking forward for some ethiopian coffee.

Awesome that the history behind so many varieties are talked about- it's hard to put into perspective how many there are/were/are to come. I think flavour profiling is a great way to suggest "good" coffee, but whether a certain variety tastes good or not is completely subjective and personal preference! - an example could be like having a favourite colour. Although taste is subjective, I also think it helps to broaden one's perspective through expanding one's palette, to be able to appreciate all of the fine gustatory variations.

One of te best youtube videos on the topic!

We are vietnam coffee roaster , thank you for the details variety introduction this is very good video!

Excellent video! So clear, simple yet deeply educational. Thank you.

Really interesting and informative! Makes you see how much more there is to coffee than just arabica and robusta. Great job !

This video is very educational.

Worth watching this video!! I like the information added within this video and the coffee varieties related handy notes are indeed good for experience.

with everyone moving coffee plants around the world in the past - good thing Monsanto wasn't around back then.

Thank you so much for sharing the information, it is helpful to know more about coffee.

Best video to describe coffee varieties. Thank you so much

great piece... what about those varieties of cambodia, vietnam and laos? would love to hear these and when they were planted there?

Very helpful video. Well presented. Top notch.

Impressive and specifically if compared to Coffee from my home area, the Bugisu Arabica from Mountain Elgon Region. Which means the rout of culture and migrants to Elgon is from Ethiopia. I need some more light and information to whoever can help as African original Cultural and development routes are developed.

Great video! No hype, coherent exposition, very well done!

Great education for us coffee lovers and sales persons. Some I knew but still was able to learn more ....Keep it up Nefertiti Gourmet Coffee, Inc.

Good job! very informative, especially on the Typica varieties and their hybrids. I am glad to see the growing interest in quality coffee. It is one of the great pleasures in life. And I am fortunate to have had kick-ass second to none premium coffee grown in its (aboriginal) native earth. To think of the coffee people were drinking only 20 years ago! It delivered the caffeine, but nothing to speak of in terms of flavor and aroma.

I think with the devastation of coffee plantations due to leaf rust, hemealia vastatrix in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) the cultivations shifted to canoferas and to the new world. In early 18s this island was producing premium arabicas and was the major expoter then.

i do love the way you exlain correctly, thank for share more knowladge!!

Thanks for making this! Clearly took tons of work

Really informative video. I know it is old but still great.

Thank you for real good info !!!! not much intense content like this out there lol

Just had a Geisha from the Peterson's Esmeralda in Panama, roasted by the Coffee Collective. One of the best coffees I've ever had, so sweet and balanced.

Super interesting video, eye opener for me. Thanks ;-)

Thanks, a free master class

Really informative and intelligently presented.

I am Indonesian and I always wondered whey they named it Ateng and only when you mentioned it that it was named after the comedian then it rang a bell. I never thought that is the same Ateng as the comedian. Ateng was physically short (however not a dwarf I believe). And this may resemble the Ateng variety tree itself perhaps?

excellent vlog, well done

Great video, thanks. San Ramon variety is from Costa Rica not Guatemala just to correct that specific point.

so helpful and informative! Feeling like a coffee connoisseur now...

A little bit correction about ateng variety from Indonesia. Ateng actually doesn't referred to the most famous comedian around 1970s in Indonesia, but it's actually referred to the area where it grows which is ATENG, the abbreviation for Aceh TENGah.. Or middle Aceh. Aceh is the province that well known for Gayo Coffee

Really outstanding discussion/explanation.

I need a cup of coffee to watch this video

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Really good video - I feel more knowledgeable on coffee now

Great Video Thanks for Sharing!

Cool i didnt realize the story of coffee was so interesting 💕

The first one on KZfaq that has good knowledge of coffee, however I am not giving an A, because in 10min do video, nor when talked about coffee history he mentioned Brazil, the largest coffee producer and that has the most varieties. don't be fool. Brazil has about double the production of Arabica coffee than the second producer country. Coffee is of excellent quality too.

now i know i have never actually tasted coffee.. great video thank you for sharing

The imperative mood of the Greek verb for "to pee" is caturra (κατούρα).

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by the time you finished watching the video, I already drank all your coffees

Thank you very much for taking time to explain us such an important thing and sharing us your knowlege. You englighted me. Thanks.

Great job. Just started roasting my own coffee and this is great information

Thank you so much for so many information that you just gave to me

Thank you - the history of coffee plants and varieties is refreshing to hear as we become more seasoned in our ability to taste the differences. My question is while quality control and tastes helps to create the product, is it possible to protect the original and magical diversity of coffee plants in Ethiopia. We want to protect diverse corridors of species and habitats in the world do we not??

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Thank you so much for the information

Great video! I would like to know the sources of it,books,video,links,etc...anyway,for those who were complanning about things of the video,you can use your freedom of expression and make yours. Thanks Counter Culture for the cortesy.

Excellent video one of the best that I have seen.

very useful for me

Pluma hidalgo Isn't the name we use for typica in México, It Is an unique coffee variety from this country. It Is harvest only in the state of Oaxaca.

ATENG is stand from Aceh Tengah (midle Aceh) where Gayo plateu (famous coffee plantation) located not name of commedian is just accidental same name Ateng variety also known as ateng jaluk

I love it!

That was really good!