The characteristics of coffee in the Christmas farm in El Salvador and the storage of coffee beans

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Christmas Farm Hot Spring Coffee: Several kinds of high-grade coffee, the only coffee in the world washed with hot spring water, increasing the delicate sweetness and intoxicating flavor.

The interesting thing about Christmas Farm coffee is that it is refined in secret, using mineral rich hot spring water to process green coffee beans. This farm is located in fertile volcanic soil and has abundant natural hot spring water, so all of this natural hot spring water is used when processing raw beans; there are many farms in the world that grow coffee, but this method is still rare.

Additional information about this spa: The water from the source is 85 degrees Celsius. Use 2-inch pipes to channel the water to six different thermal pools at different elevations. The temperature of the sixth thermal pool is 32 to 34 degrees Celsius. Then use this cooled thermal water to process coffee beans. This hot spring water flows continuously all year round. Locals drink this hot spring water. It has a pH of 8.02 and contains ingredients that sweeten coffee.

El Salvador is tied with Mexico and Guatemala as the producer of Asa and Meldo, and is competing with other countries for the top one or two places in Central America. Highland origin, for the size of large coffee beans, fragrant taste mild. As in Guatemala and Costa Rica, coffee in El Salvador is graded according to altitude, with the higher the altitude, the better the coffee. There are three grades according to altitude: SHB= high, HEC= medium high, CS= low.

El Salvador's unique superior variety, Pacamara, is a hybrid of Pacas-an abrupt variant of the Bourbon species found in El Salvador, with the giant bean Maragogype-an abrupt variant of the Tibica species found in Brazil.

How coffee beans are stored

After purchasing good coffee beans, it should be placed in a place that is not exposed to sunlight, and the temperature and humidity are low, because it is not easy to dry and bake good beans, and it is easy to cause the danger of inhaling odors with moisture. In addition, do not store in a damp warehouse, and the temperature should be normal temperature, if stored in a place with high temperature and humidity, pay attention to ventilation;

2, coffee beans should be stored in a dry, cool place, must not be placed in the refrigerator preservation box, so as not to absorb moisture, to be placed in the refrigerator freezer, refrigeration is the ultimate means of coffee bean preservation, refrigeration remember to seal well after the refrigerator freezer, from the freezer out, need to avoid frozen part of the open and make the coffee beans in the bag damp;

3, no matter how good the outer packaging of coffee beans purchased, pay attention to the container filled with fresh coffee beans sealed well (preferably within 2 months after opening), but also with sunlight, temperature conditions, keep it in a cool place, but also pay attention to shelf life, so that there will be no problem with preservation;

4. The closer the distance between coffee beans and the top of the sealed can, the better, and close it as soon as possible after each opening to reduce the chance of beans meeting the air. In addition, the outer packaging of coffee beans can be tightened with rubber bands and then put into the sealed can, or the coffee beans can be packaged into small packages of about one dose and then re-entered into the can. If there is a desiccant, you can also put a package in the can to ensure that the can is dry.

5, due to contact with the air surface is small, coffee beans than ground coffee powder in the quality and flavor of the preservation of the more durable, so in order to maintain the aroma of coffee, you can try to brew coffee when you start grinding coffee beans;

Roasted coffee beans, the biggest impact on quality change is "light","temperature","humidity" and "air", so to control the contact time with the air, reduce the temperature, maintain a low humidity, placed in a dark place, or stored in a sealed container.