English | 2020 | ASIN : B08L1MWPM9 | 195 Pages | PDF | 36.15 MB

More than two centuries of history, tradition and Creole and mestizo culture on the fertile and generous nature accompany the effort of the coffee community that has been refined to form a large community made up of producers and farm workers, processors and industrialists, merchants and exporters, carriers, from "mule herds" to trucks, ships and planes; also by suppliers of fertilizers, supplies, machinery, equipment and various professional and financial services.
From the map of the coffee genome, whose sequence has already been traced, the genetic manipulations, to its applications in plantations - with or without sustainability criteria - as well as the high technology of the processes, the studies on taste, tolerance and neuronal stimuli in the consumer occupy the tasks of research centers and higher education in various countries of the world.
We intend to make known the fundamental elements of a whole universe related to its fruit and the already roasted grain that is used to prepare the most popular drink in the West, the second product of world economic exchange and from which more than a hundred million derive their income. of human beings and twelve hundred million consumers delight.
Of indisputable utility in preserving the ecosystem balance and sustainability of the Globe and a significant portion of the national territory, it is also a factor of political stability, social and cultural advancement.

This book is just the beginning of a great and complex subject, with its many constants and variables; broad and deep, so much so that it makes up what has been called the Science of Coffee.

An open and dynamic book that will continue to be made with the help of the entire coffee community in an interactive effort, the product of a permanent, democratic and participatory convention.