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The goal of Cafe Liberica is to connect the Liberians, people of Liberian descent and Liberians in the diaspora. Why the name CafeLiberica.com?

Cafe Liberica embraces the diversity, differences and uniqueness of the people of Liberia. Cafe Liberica is a species of coffee that originated from Liberia, West Africa. It is also known as Liberica Coffee or Liberian Coffee. Cafe Liberica was first discovered in Liberia in 1843.

Today, most of the liberica coffee trees are grown in Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines, while some other in West Africa, and India. However, only nearly 1% of Liberica Coffee are traded in coffee trading around the world. This beautiful long-living plant is strong, lush, with fruits and seeds proportion double to those of Arabica and more immune to parasites attacks. This fruit bearing tree requires high humidity and temperature and plentiful water. The coffee tree grows up to 5 – 20 metres ( 16' – 64') in height, producing larger cherries than Arabica and Robusta species. Coffea Liberica leaves are dark, glossy green, 20-30 cm (8" – 12") long. The plant will only flower when days are 13 hours or shorter.

Cafe Liberica was taken to South East Asia to replace the Arabica trees killed by the coffee rust disease at the end of the 19th century. Coffea Liberica has a low tolerance toward cold, it is more common to find this kind of species in low altitude area. Coffea Liberica can be harvested all year long. It's berries' size are approximately 1.5 size larger than Arabica and become the largest size among all coffee species. They turn dull red or light yellow at maturity. Berries skin are harder and thicker compare to Arabica. Thus, it takes more time to process the coffee beans, and this might be the reason why they have strong smell of aroma and flavor. Coffea Liberica grows well in part shade or full sun. It also require abundant water and well-drained soil and generally wide spread in low land area.

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