How to drink Yejia Xuefei Coffee? the taste characteristics of Yejia Chefe Coffee

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Yirga cheffe is a small town in Ethiopia, 1700-2100 meters above sea level, and it is also synonymous with Ethiopian boutique coffee. Since ancient times, it is a wetland. The ancient saying "Yega" yirga means "settle down", and "Xuefei" cheffe means "wetland". Therefore, Yejasuefi means "Let's settle down in this wetland".

Strictly speaking, Yega Xuefei is a by-product area of Ethiopia's Sidamo Sidamo province, located northwest of Sidamo, along the mountain with paste, is one of the highest coffee-producing areas in Ethiopia. However, the mode of production and flavor here are so outstanding that Ethiopian coffee farmers compete to be proud of the flavor of their coffee, so they are independent from Sidamo and become the most famous producing area in Africa.

At first, Yejassefi's coffee trees were planted by European monks (a bit like Belgian monks growing wheat to brew beer), and later by farmers or cooperatives. Yejia Chuefei is actually constructed by surrounding coffee communities or cooperatives, including Edido Idido, Hafusa Harfusa, Hama Hama and Biloya near Fog Valley Misty valley, all washed with water, but there are also a small number of off-product beans engraved with sun to enhance the charming fruit aroma and mellow thickness. These mountain villages are foggy, like spring all year round, with a gentle breeze in summer, cool but not hot, rain but not damp, and no cold damage in winter, giving birth to a unique regional flavor of citrus and flowers. Coffee trees are mostly planted in farmers' own backyard or mixed with other crops in the field, the yield per household is not much, it is a typical rural coffee. Yega Xuefei won the prize beans almost from the above-mentioned coffee villages and communities.

The so-called "Yega Chuefei" refers to the strong aromas of jasmine, lemon or lime acid, as well as peach, almond or tea. On the other hand, the smell of blueberries is particularly prominent this season, and the room is full of blueberries after grinding.

Two different processing methods of raw beans were analyzed.

The coffee beans after harvest must enter the treatment program immediately, otherwise they will begin to ferment, making the coffee beans have a bad smell. There are two methods of treatment: "solarization" and "washing", which will cause different flavors. Sun-dried beans have a complete natural mellow flavor, gentle aroma and more gum; washing rules have a good mellow taste, high aroma and lively sour taste.

1. Natural solarization (Natural/Dried-in-the-Fruit):

The fruit begins the process of sun drying without treatment after picking. This is the oldest method of treatment in existence. The drying process usually lasts about 4 weeks. The method of handling must be very strict to ensure that the coffee does not lose any flavor. The natural sun method requires the local climate to be extremely dry. In some areas, people use dryers to assist in the drying process of coffee fruit (the hot air of the dryer can speed up the drying process and help people control the degree of drying).

two。 Complete washing method (Washed)

The peel, pulp and mucous membrane are removed by washing and fermentation. farms that use the washing method must build washing ponds and be able to introduce an endless supply of live water. During the treatment, the finished beans are put into the pool and passed back and forth, using the friction of beans and the power of running water to wash the coffee beans until smooth and clean. After washing, at this time, the coffee beans are still wrapped in the pericarp with a moisture content of 50%. They must be dried to reduce the moisture content to 12%, otherwise they will continue to be mellow, moldy and rotten. The better treatment method is to use sunlight drying, although it will take 1 ~ 3 weeks, but the flavor is very good and very popular.

[coffee bean parameters]

[cup test notes]

The difference between dried incense:

Sun Yega Chuefei: light fermented wine, spices

Washed jasmine, lemon or lime acid

[soak the coffee in the cup according to the ratio of 8 grams of powder to 150 milliliters of 93 degrees hot water for 3-4 minutes until the coffee residue shell is formed]

The difference in taste:

Sun Yega Chuefei: the sun is a little complex, light fermented wine, bitter taste will be more intense, taste will be much more rich, honey sweet, cocoa with a hint of spice, body thick and long-lasting.

Water washing Yega Xuefei: the acidity of the water washing treatment will be brighter, like citric acid, the taste is more delicate, citrus flavor is more obvious, and there is some black tea in the latter part.

Same: both will have a sour taste, such as lemon and citrus.

[hand data]

[sun Yega Chuefei]: it is recommended to use 15 grams of powder 89 degrees water temperature, small Fuji grindability 4 V60 filter cup, water powder ratio 1:15, the first water injection 30g, steaming 25s, the second water injection 104g water cut off, the second water injection to 230g water, not the water at the end, the extraction time is about 212s

[washing Yejia Xuefei]: it is recommended to use 15 grams of powder at 92 degrees water temperature, the ratio of water to powder 1 to 15 V60 filter cup, the ratio of water to powder at 1:15, the first water injection 30 g, stewed 28s-30s, the second water injection 110g water cut off, the second water injection to 230g water, not the water in the tail section, and the extraction time is about 2Rd 15s.

In this way, the hands can feel the comfort of Yega Xuefei, just like flowers promote taste buds and olfactory cells in the nasal cavity.