Coffee special treatment method "single-layer sun slow fermentation method"! Can you still do this in the sun?

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Coffee beans from Ethiopia in Africa have always been the editor's favorite, and with the development of the coffee industry, in addition to the continuous rise of emerging producing areas, there are also many special ways to deal with them.

This one is to be introduced to you! "121 batches of single-layer slow drying in Shengshi Village, Humbera Manor" comes from a single farm in Ethiopia, which is also treated by "single-layer slow fermentation", which is a very rare special batch.

What does a single farm in Ethiopia mean?

To make it simple, Ethiopia's coffee production system is dominated by small farmers, it is very difficult to have coffee beans from a single farm, there are many producers without a single farm, and it is difficult to trace back to the real producers and ensure the stability of the quality. Although Ethiopia has advanced to using cooperatives or processing plants as traceability centres (and is very close to real producers), it is still the last mile away from the producers who really ensure quality.

This time, the sun beans produced in Shengshi Village, Humbela Manor, Guji District, Ethiopia, are not only G1 sun beans (that is, the grade with the lowest defect rate)! ), and is a complete single producer, so that the quality can be fully guaranteed, because the quality is good or bad, the producer has to take full responsibility.

Humbera Manor in Ethiopia is located in the emerging coffee producing area-Guji; like Godibe, the elevation is often up to 2000 meters, and even on part of the way up the mountain, it has reached nearly 3000 meters, which can be said to be the producing area of high-quality coffee beans that have been developed in recent years, such as the famous 90 + Hua Yu, Xia Qiso and Sakui.

The general method of tanning is to expose the whole ripe coffee cherry in the sun (the most traditional way is to spread it directly on the ground. Coffee seeds will continue to ferment during the sun-drying process, and the whole process will fall in about a month.

On the other hand, the sun exposure method of Humbera Manor is very special. His method of sun treatment adopts the most stringent and exquisite work, which is to spread the coffee cherries on the scaffolding with only one layer of thickness and let them ferment in the sun. No stack, of course, the quality of each piece is easier to take into account, the quality is better! The stack technique of the first layer provides the most perfect convection and drying environment for coffee cherries. Proper slow drying can properly develop the best activity of coffee cherries during the drying process, which not only improves the flavor of coffee beans, but also allows the storage of raw beans to last longer in the production season. The drying schedule is strictly controlled at about 18 days. This treatment is so novel that some coffee predecessors call it SLD-Single Layer Drying/Slow Drying, which means single-layer slow drying in Chinese.

What Aman, the owner of the farm, paid to Humbera Manor is unimaginable. Because although this method of treatment can ensure the perfect quality of coffee beans, it is also the most space-consuming and most disadvantageous mode of production, which prolongs the time required for each batch of production, and adopts such a drying process. Not only depends on the weather for food, but also the producers are willing to invest. Aman's efforts have ensured the quality of Humbera, careful treatment and the right environment and climate have created a lofty quality of coffee.

So what is the difference in flavor between Guji producing area and Yega Xuefei? Although they are both coffee beans from Ethiopia, they taste a little different. Both Yega Xuefei and Shakiso have the citrus and lemon flavor of fruit tea, but Yega Chefe is more prominent in sour taste, while Shakiso is better in sweetness and fullness. In particular, in Humbera Manor, a single layer of slow sun fermentation allows the pulp of coffee cherries to fully ferment, making coffee beans more sweet, sour and sweet tropical fruit flavor, sweet and rich, thick taste, is a very easy to understand flavor. The warm and moist taste slips into the mouth, like warm fruit tea, with the sweet and sour taste of peach.