Why can't raw coffee beans be mixed and roasted?

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"Patrick, big deal! I have just received a package from Central America, in which several packets of coffee and raw beans originally packaged independently have been opened and mixed in a mess at the bottom of the box. " The colleague "told" angrily.

Get justice for the beans!

It has been more than a month since his visit to Central America. It is the harvest season and the fruit has been picked seven, seven, eight, eight. However, due to the strong market demand in recent years, coffee farmers have tried every means to improve the quality of raw beans, including searching for variant fruit trees and choosing higher-altitude arable land to grow. This change will lengthen the entire industry chain; the highest quality beans grow slowly, and when the national COE competition is held, the fruit will still hang on the tree and will not be able to participate in the competition. And what is hidden in this package is the finished product that coffee farmers are most looking forward to. One of the bags was discovered by a friend three years ago that yellow maracaturra, which was first mass-produced this year, (maracaturra is a hybrid of maragogype and caturra with red fruit) and several samples treated in a new way. Because Central American countries are affected by coffee leaf rust (Roja) this year, which has led to a sharp drop in production, the number of COE host countries has also dropped to 8 countries from 12 last year. The author is fully looking forward to commenting for them and hopes that they can achieve good results when they return to host the COE contest in the coming season.

Open the express company's yellow package: there are only a few coffee beans in several transparent and dense bags, while the others sink to the bottom of the box and mix together. Beside the unopened seal, there is a long knife mark on the body of each bag.

"was it the United States Customs or Hong Kong? For safety reasons, sampling inspection is reasonable and legal, and there is nothing wrong with it. But why do we have to open other people's packaging when there is a seal?. Why not use another bag after opening it? This is a problem that children also know! This box of beans contains the painstaking efforts and expectations of the farmers. the high postage paid by them to hire this courier company may be enough to feed for a few days, but now it has been wasted because of some asshole! Call the customer hotline and you have to get justice for the beans! " Some guests are angry and unfair.

I replied helplessly: "this reflects how shallow people's understanding of coffee is." Not to mention mail, some enthusiasts specially brought two bags of fried prize beans back to Hong Kong from Canada. When passing the customs, the customs officer opened all the beans in his hand baggage, turned over and over, then said nothing and poured the beans together! I can't cry until I see it with my own eyes. "

Another guest smelled the fragrance of ripe fruit coming from the bag and said, "I remember, this is the smell of sun treatment." Anyway, it's here, so you might as well fry it and have a drink. " Then someone helped to comfort: "you usually stir-fry the beans before mixing them in proportion." I have seen people stir-fry the raw beans before they are cooked. They may taste good. Try it quickly. "

If the beef and cabbage fall into the same wreck...

I sighed to the beans of different sizes and gloss in the bag: "pre-blending?" Have you ever seen a big-name chef stir-fried beef with Chinese cabbage? Put the cabbage heart and beef in the wok and stir-fry until well done. Guess what it will taste like? "

The indignation of the public shifted to the theory of mixed beans. We'll talk next time.

Photo: Patrick Tam (owner of the boutique coffee shop Knockbox, approved barista of the American Fine Coffee Association and European Fine Coffee Association, American CQI recognition cup tester, Cup of Excellence's first Hong Kong judge)