Introduction to baking instructions for the flavor and taste of boutique coffee at Mchana Estate Mechana Manor in Kenya

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Mchana Manor, located in the Ruiru district of Thika province, north of NAIROBI, Kenya, began growing coffee in 1950.

As Britain / France / West / Portugal / Netherlands and other countries were maritime powers in the 18th century, all regions such as Africa / Central and South America / South Asia were subject to their invasion and seizure of resources and looting. For example, Britain's notorious "East India Company" business project is not only opium, but also profitable industries are controlled by them. Therefore, in the colonial era before the independence of African countries, in addition to the coffee industry controlled by the East India Company, France was also associated with Africa.

The French company Socfinal also entered Kenya in the 1950s with the agricultural advantage of a big country and controlled a large number of coffee producing areas and production interests. In its heyday, Socfinal had nine estates and more than 10, 000 coffee growers. Later, Socfinal reorganized its new company name "KOFINAF". At present, it still owns the following nine coffee farms

Mchana

Tatu

Ruera

Okalands

Karangaita

Gethumbwini (Gozvini Manor is also a well-known high-priced bean)

Eaagads

Mtaro

Karogo

Mchana Manor is located in the mountains above 1700 meters above sea level, with an average annual temperature of 15-26 ℃. With typical Kenyan fertile volcanic laterite with good water conservation capacity, the region has abundant rainfall, with two rainy season peaks between March and June and October to December. In the rest of the season, workers use pre-stored Rain Water to carry out artificial irrigation to prevent coffee trees from drying up too much.

At present, there are different opinions on the varieties of beans exported by Mchana. It has been confirmed that there are two kinds of beans exported from Kenya, SL28 and SL34, while others will mention the varieties of K7 and Ruiru11, but the company's website does not specifically specify it, so it is not so sure. Mchana means "afternoon" in the local term, but it may be due to the translation of nouns. Mochana or Muchana are also used. Beans in the manor are harvested from October to December every year, and the scaffolding after washing before picking is treated by scaffolding. The size of raw beans is about 17 to 18 mesh, with UTZ (Good inside) good coffee certification and RAF (rainforest protection certification), with an annual output of about 17000 packets (30kg).

The characteristic of baked beans is that when baked in SCAA (1 explosion + 20sec. 212 ℃)

~ the sour taste of the fruit is bright, and the entrance is as smooth as drinking citrus or plum-like fruit tea, and then the aroma permeates the whole mouth and throat.

Those who are afraid of sour taste or do not like sour taste are advised to choose SCAA shallow medium baking section close to the beginning of secondary baking or medium baking at the beginning of secondary baking (216,218 ℃), almost no sour taste with chocolate and caramel flavor.