In addition to the "failure", there is a golden inside the Tanzania Ruvuma AAA wave.

When it comes to Tanzanian coffee, it seems to talk about him, coffee gluttons always compare him to his high-quality neighbor Kenya, for better or worse, Kenya always seems to be a frame of reference for Tanzania.

I once entered a batch of Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, which tasted unimaginable, and it was indeed difficult to compete with its northern neighbor Kenya, but then a batch of bourbon AAA beans from Mbinga region of Ruvuma province in southern Tanzania caught my eyes at that time. Although I still want to compare Kenya, its flavor and taste are definitely not inferior to those of AA Kenya. As a result, when he saw that the merchants had goods this year, he decisively mended a sack.

So why do I say that he is a "failure"? in this day and age, nothing is unusual. Now there are micro controls, this control and that control, and many friends who know me may know that I am an authentic coffee sack controller. Coffee is better, sacks are even more beautiful, while most of the sacks from the African continent do not seem to be exquisite enough for printing and dyeing, and many of them are rough. This gunny bag from Tanzania can only be described as "more".

[bad catkins: 60 kg hemp bags]

[the rough linen bag is marked:]

Tanzania Washed (Tanzania Water washing)

Arabica Coffee (Arabica Coffee)

033/DE/04/240 (International Coffee Organization number, ICO mark)

FW AAA Ruvuma (fully washed full water washing AAA grade Ruvuma production area)

Crop 2010 take 2011 (harvest season 10-11, the latest batch of beans so far)

[Jinyu: Lumumar AAA, Tanzania]

As for Ruvuma in the name, I am used to transliteration as Lumuma, which is actually the name of the coffee producers' cooperative, named after the administrative district where it is located, and Ruvuma province is named after the Ruvuma River, the main river in the area. The Ruvuma Cooperative uses water washing and scaffolding sun drying to upgrade raw beans from Tanzania to the level of fine beans. Due to the climate, the infrastructure for coffee processing and the means of transportation in southern Tanzania, beans in the region also outperform Kilimanjaro in general, although for a long time, round beans and Kilimanjaro seem to have become synonymous with Tanzanian coffee. Ruvuma AAA is a high-quality bean whose performance is relatively stable in recent years and can often be seen on the Internet in Europe and the United States in recent years.

Tanzanian beans, which are somewhat similar to Kenya in grading, are generally rated by the size of coffee.

But it's not exactly the same:

AAA

More than 19 mesh

AA

18 mesh

A

17 mesh

B

15, 16 orders

C

Less than 14 mesh

PB

Round bean

AF

Low-quality beans blown by AA and AAA

TT

Low-quality beans blown from grades An and B

F

Broken or low-quality beans blown from grade C.

Therefore, according to this rating standard, AAA is one of the highest-ranking beans in Tanzania.

[full-bodied, brightly colored grade 3A beans]

[coffee cooked beans]

The following information is from importer and exporter Royal Coffee:

This Tanzanian coffee has bright acidity, pleasant overall performance and a hint of sweet pumpkin taste. Coffee beans are more than 19 mesh and are well handled.

Auction number: GFH-084

Unit net weight of hemp bag: 60.13 kg

Country of origin: Tanzania

Production area: Mbinga District, Ruvuma Province

Variety: bourbon species N5, N39

Treatment method: full water washing

Raw beans grow at altitude of 3900-5900 ft.

Producer: small farmers

After I got the beans, I baked them back and forth three times, and the taste didn't disappoint me at all. I didn't know if it was because of bourbon, and the mellowness was very good, although the acidity was not as elegant as Kenya and full of fantasy. but it looks very smooth, sweet and lively, after drinking, stay fragrant for a long time.

[three coffee pearls on the African continent, Yega Xuefei, Kenya and Tanzania]