Mountain Cabin， 美乐家带你了解咖啡的前世今生

Explore the scoop on Coffee with Melaleuca Mountain Cabin Premium Coffee

2017年3月，美乐家推出了Mountain Cabin精选咖啡系列，10款咖啡产品从全球范围精选优质的阿拉比卡咖啡豆，并通过精细繁复的制作与烘焙工艺，带来风味香浓、层次丰富、口感醇厚的咖啡体验。许多人因此重新认识了咖啡，甚至爱上了咖啡。但是，每天一杯美乐家Mountain Cabin精选咖啡的你，真的知道咖啡的历史吗?下面，就跟着美乐家一起来了解一下咖啡的前世今生吧。

Melaleuca launched Mountain Cabin Premium Coffee 2017 Mar., and its 10 coffee products are to bring you a cup of flavorful and aromatic coffee through strict selection of coffee beans around the world, fine making process and roasted technology. Many people are getting to know coffee again, and even fall in love with coffee. However, when you are used to drink a cup of Mountain Cabin Premium coffee every day, do you really know the history of coffee? Now, let’s go to explore coffee’s past and today.

 

美乐家咖啡讲解——咖啡的前世

The history of coffee

咖啡起源于埃塞俄比亚，一个至今仍有大量野生咖啡豆的国家。传说中，一个名叫卡尔迪(Kaldi)的牧羊人，注意到他的羊吃了一种浆果后会变得异常兴奋，从而发现了咖啡。

Coffee is believed to have originated in Ethiopia, where it still grows wild in the jungles to this day. According to legend, it was discovered by a goatherd named Kaldi, who tried the berries when he noticed his goats would get energetic after eating them.

咖啡先传到了也门，在16世纪风靡整个中东地区。咖啡馆成了人们社交聚集地，点上一杯要价不高的咖啡，就可以在里面与人畅谈、欣赏音乐。英文“coffee”一词在16世纪末首次出现，当时的欧洲人却不信任这种新潮饮品。据说在1600年前后，教皇克莱蒙特(Clement)八世被请求禁止人们喝咖啡，但他要在尝试后再决定。结果，他喜欢上了咖啡，并赐予了祝福。从此，咖啡才在意大利乃至整个欧洲流行起来。

Coffee was first exported to Yemen, and from there it became popular throughout the Middle East in the 16th century. Coffee houses became social gathering places where people could enjoy the affordable beverage and indulge in conversation or music. The word “coffee” was first documented in the English language in the late 16th century. Europeans regarded the new drink with suspicion. Legend has it when Pope Clement VIII was asked to consider banning it around the year 1600, he decided to taste it before making a decision. He loved the drink and gave it his blessing. From there, its popularity continued to grow all over Italy and the rest of Europe.

 

咖啡馆成了许多大城市的社交中心，伦敦也不例外。截至1650年左右，伦敦已有300多家咖啡馆，大部分都有一批常客聚在里面讨论哲学、政治、宗教等话题。这些咖啡馆后来成了著名的“便士大学”，因为一个“便士”就能买到一杯咖啡，而顾客谈论话题的深刻性，使其媲美“大学”。

Coffeehouses became social hubs in major cities, and London was no exception. By the 1650s, there were more than 300 coffee shops in London, many of which had groups of regular customers who would come to discuss philosophy, politics, religion, and more. These coffee shops became known as “penny universities” because of the deep topics and because a cup of coffee cost a penny.

 

咖啡传遍欧洲之前，人们习惯饮用葡萄酒之类的酒精饮料。但饮酒不利于工厂生产，因此，工人被鼓励改喝咖啡，因为它可以提神，让人注意力集中。

Before coffee became widely available, most Europeans drank wine and other alcoholic beverages, Drinking alcohol was too dangerous for factory work, so workers were encouraged to drink coffee for its stimulating, mind-focusing effects.

 

当今，全球的最大咖啡生产国是巴西，而其之所以能拥有这样的地位，背后也有一段浪漫故事。相传，葡萄牙国王想进入咖啡市场，却没有一颗可种的咖啡豆。有一次，他派了一个名叫弗朗西斯科·德·梅罗·帕列塔(Francisco de Melo Palheta)的人去法属圭亚那。逗留期间，弗朗西斯科勾引到了总督夫人。在他离开时，总督夫人送了他一束花，里面暗藏了一些咖啡豆。据说，弗朗西斯科在1727年将这批咖啡豆种在了巴西，接下来的故事便众所周知了。

Today, the global leader of coffee production is Brazil, and the story of how it came to be is yet another part of coffee’s romantic lore. It is said that the king of Portugal wanted in on the coffee market, but could not obtain any viable seeds. He sent a man named Francisco de Melo Palheta to French Guiana. While there, Francisco seduced the governor’s wife, and upon his departure she gave him a bouquet of flowers with a few of the coveted coffee seeds smuggled inside. Francisco is said to have planted the first coffee seedling in Brazil in 1727, and the rest, as they say, is history.

 

美乐家咖啡讲解——咖啡的今生

Coffee today

 

咖啡最宜生长在热带气候中，南北回归线之间的很多国家均有种植，而这一条地带常被称为“咖啡带”或“咖啡豆带”。

Coffee grows best in tropical climates and is cultivated in many countries around the world that fall between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. This area is often referred to as the “coffee belt” or “bean belt”.

 

商用咖啡豆主要有两种：阿拉比卡(Arabica)咖啡豆和罗布斯塔(Robusta)咖啡豆。罗布斯塔咖啡豆易于培植，味道较苦，通常与其他咖啡豆混合罐装出售。阿拉比卡咖啡豆则较为高端，多用小袋盛装，在咖啡专卖店售卖。尽管商用主流的咖啡豆只有两种，但同一种咖啡豆的味道却可以各有异趣。

There are two main kinds of coffee beans used commercially: arabica and robusta. Robusta is easier to cultivate, but it has a more bitter taste. Robusta is often found in coffee blends found in cans, whereas arabica is used in premium bagged coffee and in specialty coffee shops. But just because there are only two main kinds of beans doesn’t mean all coffee tastes the same.

 

咖啡是一种拥有多种可能性的饮品，根据生长地、烘焙程度、制作方式、配料等因素的差异，形成许多不同味道。就像不同地区的咖啡味道不同，每天喝咖啡的人，他们的口味也千差万别。

Coffee is a versatile beverage and its flavors vary widely depending on many factors, including where it was grown, how it was roasted, how it is prepared, and what, if anything, is added to it. And just as coffee flavors differ from region to region, so do the tastes of the millions upon millions of people who consume it daily.

 

咖啡与美乐家

Coffee and Melaleuca

 

美乐家Mountain Cabin精选咖啡系列包括3款研磨咖啡、3款速溶黑咖啡及4款风味速溶咖啡，各具特色，无论你是工作、休闲时饮用，都能让平凡的时刻变得不再平凡。

Melaleuca Mountain Cabin Premium Coffee Line includes 3 kinds of ground coffee, 3 kinds of instant coffee, and 4 kinds of flavor instant coffee. They are different from each other and make ordinary moments extraordinary for your work or life.

3款研磨咖啡包括：

 

美乐家招牌研磨咖啡：阿拉比卡咖啡豆，中度烘焙，醇度柔和，酸度适中，口感丰富而顺滑。

 

美乐家雨林风味研磨咖啡：热带雨林的咖啡豆，中深度烘焙，醇度中等，口感柔润而微妙。

 

美乐家苏门答腊研磨咖啡：苏门答腊盖奥山脉的咖啡豆，深度烘焙，口感醇厚、酸度较浅，略带烟熏香气。

 

3款速溶黑咖啡包括：

美乐家哥伦比亚速溶咖啡：哥伦比亚的咖啡豆，中度烘焙，整体醇度适中、口感馥郁，后段醇度逐渐变浅。

 

美乐家雨林风味速溶咖啡：热带雨林的咖啡豆，中深度烘焙，口感丝般柔滑，酸中回甘，层次丰富。

 

美乐家招牌速溶咖啡阿拉比卡咖啡豆，深度烘焙，口感醇厚，微酸，体验咖啡的经典香气。

 

另外还包括4款精选风味咖啡：

 

美乐家拿铁2合1速溶咖啡：调配牛奶与阿拉比卡浓缩咖啡，风味原始醇香。

 

美乐家焦糖拿铁3合1速溶咖啡：拿铁2合1咖啡基础上，再添加适量带有烘焙甜味的焦糖，口感更顺滑、风味更香甜。

 

美乐家卡布奇诺2合1速溶咖啡：调配阿拉比卡浓缩咖啡与更多牛奶，奶泡丰厚，略带苦涩。

 

美乐家卡布奇诺3合1速溶咖啡：在卡布奇诺2合1咖啡的基础上，融入甜味，口感更加甜蜜顺滑。

3 kinds of ground coffee :

Signature Ground Coffee: Arabica coffee beans. With medium roast, it has medium-bodied flavor and moderate acidity, bringing rich tastes and smooth flavor.

Rainforest Ground Coffee: With medium-dark roast and coffee beans that grow in rainforests, it tastes delicate, balanced and mellow. 

Sumatra Ground Coffee: With dark roast and the coffee beans sourcing from Sumatra Gayo Mountain, it has full-bodied flavor, low acidity and smoky taste.

3 kinds of instant coffee:

Colombia Instant Coffee: Colombian Arabica coffee beans and medium roast perfectly bring out its medium-bodied, rich and smooth flavor.

Rainforest Instant Coffee: With medium-dark roast and coffee beans sourcing from rainforests, it tastes smooth, slightly sour and complex.

Signature Instant Coffee: Arabica coffee beans. With dark roast, it has full-bodied flavor and low acidity, bringing you the chance to experience coffee’s classic aroma.

4 kinds of flavor instant coffee:

Latte Instant Coffee 2-in-1: Rational proportion of milk and Arabica beans, it largely preserved the original aroma and flavor of coffee beans.

Caramel Latte Instant Coffee 3-in-1: Based on Mountain Cabin Latte Instant Coffee 2-in-1, it adds some cameral which has roasted sweet tastes. And the flavor is therefore smoother and sweeter.

Cappuccino Instant Coffee 2-in-1: Considerately combines Arabica espresso with milk. There is great milk foam and original bitter.

Cappuccino Instant Coffee 3-in-1: On the basis of Mountain Cabin Cappuccino Instant Coffee 2-in-1, it adds some caramel to bring you warm sweetness and rich flavor.