Ethiopia Yega Xuefei Sun Red Cherry single Black Coffee Bean Variety Flavor Story

Yejia Xuefei is known as the entry bean for boutique coffee lovers. Why is this the case? First of all, of course, it has something to do with his price. Yega Xuefei coffee beans are extremely cost-effective, with an average packet (half a pound) between 80 and 90 yuan. The second is his excellent flavor and taste. In the general knowledge of beginners, the taste of black coffee is bitter, but Yega Xuefei's flavor completely subverts this idea. The red cherries in front of the street have obvious berry tone, bright lemon acidity and fermented aroma.

Today, Qianjie will give you a comprehensive understanding of Yejia Xuefei sun red cherry coffee beans.

The Historical Origin of Yejashafi Coffee

At first, the Yejashefi coffee tree was planted by European monks (a bit like Belgian monks growing wheat to brew beer), and later by farmers or cooperatives. Coffee trees are naturally scattered in forests, countryside and backyards. During the harvest season, the Ethiopian Coffee Trading Company will go to town to buy coffee beans collected by farmers and eventually sell them under the brand name "Yega Xuefei".

The unique geographical environment of Yejia Xuefei coffee

Yirga cheffe is a small town in Ethiopia, 1700-2100 meters above sea level. It is one of the highest coffee producing areas in the world and is synonymous with Ethiopian boutique coffee. Lake Turkana, Lake Abaya and Lake Chamo bring rich water vapor here. The Rift Valley, represented by Misty valley, is foggy all the year round, like spring all the year round, with a gentle breeze, cool and humid, and thousands of coffee trees thrive, giving birth to the unique flower and fruit aroma of Yega Xuefei coffee.

Yega Sheffield Coffee Bean hierarchy

According to the different ways of handling raw coffee beans, Yega Xuefei can be divided into two categories:

Category An is the washing method, and the grade standard is set by the American Fine Coffee Society SCAA. It is divided into Gr-1;Gr-2. The smaller the Arabic numeral is, the higher the grade is. The style of G1 Yega Chuefei is distinct. The flavor of citrus and floral flavor in the coffee liquid is an irresistible delicacy for everyone.

Category B is sun-treated coffee raw beans, with a grade of Gr-1;Gr-3;Gr-4;Gr-5, and the same highest grade G1 sun Yega Chevy is fruity. Opening the freshly roasted G1 sun Yega Chevy coffee bag can subvert people's original understanding of coffee. Only those who have tasted the highest grade sun Yega Chevy coffee beans will believe that coffee is a kind of fruit.

Due to the grading of raw beans, the size of raw beans is not the same. But the variety itself is a local native species (small particles), so most of them are between 14 and 15 orders, the shape is more round, the bean body is smaller.

Red Cherry Project

Speaking of the "Red Cherry Project", many friends are no stranger to this name. So what kind of project is the Red Cherry Project? Maybe only a few people can tell.

The Red Cherry Project (ORC) is a project to improve the quality of small-scale farms. In 2007, Trabocca, a Dutch trader, launched the "OPERATION CHERRY RED PROJECT" red cherry project with farmers from the producing areas. It is purely to encourage farmers to improve the quality of coffee beans. At the beginning of the harvest season in the producing area, Trabocca will specify a harvest plan for the microclimate area to harvest 100% ripe red coffee cherries by hand, with a yield of about 1500 kg-3000 kg.

The red cherry program is also a reinforcing method, which makes the farm pay more attention to the process of selecting beans, and the prices of these coffees are relatively high. Red cherries are washed, sun-dried beans, half-washed, half-sun, experimental coffee and so on. The main producing areas are Yega Sheffield, Sidamo, Punga Forest, Lekanti, Ken Bata, Iruba, Hara, Lim, etc., and joined Coroja Golocha in 2011 (near Harald). These are all unique flavors and can fully show the flavor of Ethiopian coffee. Trabocca will choose from it when he receives the coffee. High bonuses are paid to farms that have passed cup quality tests in Ethiopia and the Netherlands.

Trabocca provides financial loan support, new hardware equipment and production processing knowledge and technology to help farmers improve their production, promising to pay generous prices as long as the quality of actual output meets the cup test standards in Ethiopia's Addis Ababa and Amsterdama Cup in the Netherlands. The passing standard set by Trabocca is 88 points.

Yejiaxefi red cherries plan to be shipped to Djibouti in plastic inner bags (GrainPro bags or vacuum box) immediately after the production treatment is completed. Strive for perfect quality through immediate monitoring, safe transportation and timely and appropriate handling. As a result of this red cherry program, roasters can buy high-quality coffee beans, improve the quality of Ethiopian coffee and have better prices. Trabocca can also return profits to farmers, and continue to improve and improve the quality.

It is precisely because the full-ripe red fruit gives rich berry aromas to Yega Chuefei in Qianjie, Qianjie introduced it into the Italian blending of Xiangri Kui. The fermented aroma of red cherry has not been snatched by Shirley coffee beans, and the flavor is balanced and complementary.

The taste is long-lasting and sweet, with strong chocolate aromas, vanilla, cream, obvious wine charm, clean and smooth taste and medium mellow thickness.

Baking degree

Because they want to highlight the original floral and fruity flavor of Yega Chuefei, the baker in front street intends to use a shallow and slow baking method to make the bean as a whole round, sweet and full-bodied. Three kinds of baking curves are designed for the previous street, and the most suitable curve is determined after cup testing. the scheme is as follows:

Roaster Yangjia 600g semi-direct fire

Scheme: quick stir-fry mode, furnace temperature to 200 degrees Celsius, throttle set 3.5 degrees Celsius for 1 minute, adjust firepower 160 degrees, throttle unchanged, 148 degrees firepower, reduce to 130 degrees, bake to 5: 03 ", temperature 151 degrees, bean table turns yellow, grass smell disappears completely, dehydration is completed, firepower is adjusted to 105 degrees, throttle opens to 4 degrees. In the 8th minute, ugly wrinkles and black markings appear on the bean table, and the smell of toast obviously changes to the smell of coffee, which can be defined as a prelude to an explosion. At this time, listen clearly to the sound of the explosion point, start to explode at 9: 07 ", adjust the firepower to 70 degrees, and the throttle is fully open (the firepower should not be so small as to be free of bursting sound). Put the pot at 194 degrees.

Cup test results of Ye Jia Xuefei coffee beans on Qianjie Street.

The dry aroma of Yejassefi is full of fruit, with strong aromas of dried fruit, strawberry, mango and apricot jam.

Wet fragrance is like sweet syrup, like sticky apricot juice, wrapped in plain honey or chocolate. The entrance is not strong, the mellow thickness is medium, the sour taste is not obvious, but it is lively and bright, like fruit black tea.

Cooking suggestion

Recommended cooking method: hand flushing

Filter cup: v60 filter cup

Water temperature: 90-92C

Amount of powder: 15g

Powder / water ratio: 1:15

Degree of grinding: medium and fine grinding (Chinese standard No. 20 screen pass rate 80%) flushing and cooking method: segmented extraction

Steam with 30 grams of water for about 30 seconds, when 125 grams of water is injected around the center of the small flow, continue to inject water to the end of 225 grams when the water level is about to expose the powder bed, remove the filter cup when the water level is about to expose the powder bed, and (the time of steaming starts) the extraction time is 2 minutes 39 percent 00 ".

The wet aroma is full of full berry fermented fruit wine. The entrance is extremely smooth and delicate, and the sour and sweet appearance of ripe fruit makes people feel amazing. Yu Yun's performance is also quite good, worthy of the "fruit bomb", which can basically guarantee that the mouth can still feel sweet for half an hour after drinking.

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