Introduction to the flavor and taste of coffee beans from Hiriga processing plant in Nyeri, Kenya

For professional baristas, please follow the coffee workshop (Wechat official account qianjiecoffee)

Kenya is a country that produces fine coffee. Only the traditional Arabica was introduced from Britain in 1900, and it was not until 1950 that the best bourbon variants of SL28 and SL34 in Kenya appeared. Most of the coffee beans are graded and then sold at the auction site by the Kenya Coffee Bureau. The system of public auction can be traced back to 1934, and the auction method adopts the agent system. There are 50 licensed agents in Kenya who send sample beans to their customers for cup testing. Customers can bid for their favorite coffee by agents at auction. But this approach seems to encourage intermediary agents and erode farmers' income, so in 2006 Kenya opened another 32 independent sales agents to contact foreign coffee buyers directly without going through auctions. however, these must meet the standards such as the guarantee of the quality Storage Bank by the Kenya Coffee Bureau. The two systems operate in parallel at the same time, and after several years of development, it is the most transparent auction distribution system. The better the quality of coffee, the better the price through the cup, so that more cooperatives and farms are willing to join, but I think the latter can get first-hand information in direct contact with farmers.

Graded AA PLUS ·AA ·AB system, but this is only particle size and evenness, does not represent the difference in quality, high quality at an altitude of 1600 to 2300 meters, 2009 ~ 2010 due to global warming and pathological changes, yield decreased to get a high price, Kenya coffee irreplaceable BlackBerry strong flavor, so that good Kenya beans can be harvested twice a year, April to June is the second production season, October to December is the main harvest season.

Nyeri area is the main producing area of Kenya, Hiriga processing plant is to collect nearby no more than 5 km of farmers, the biggest feature of this place is shading is mainly with banana leaves, this is quite a traditional Nyeri producing area of good coffee, but not sharp lemon flavor, is a fresh and bright comfortable beans, I suggest a shallow baking degree City, but the heavy-baked chocolate flavor is very pleasant.

Property Characteristics: farm characteristics

Farm Farm: Hiriga processing Plant

Grade level: AB

Country country: Kenya Kenya

Region: Nyeri Central Dashan area

Altitude altitude: 1200-1350 m

Farm Size farm size: small coffee farmers who grow in small areas.

Soil soil: Red Volcanic Loam soils volcanic clay

Harvesting Method:Hand picked is harvested by hand

Coffee Characteristics: coffee characteristics

Variety varieties: SL 28, SL 34

Processing System treatment: Full Washed washing drying on African viaduct

Top Jury Descriptions comment: the baking degree (Cinnamon) measured by the cup at the beginning of 60 seconds of explosion.

Aroma aroma / flavor flavor: fresh fruit, a variety of flowers, caramel, brown sugar

Acid quality: citric acid, tartaric acid, plum, fresh acid

The complexity of complex is similar to that of other: fresh and bright, high complexity, sour aftertaste, less astringent taste and heavy sweetness of chocolate.

Overall style attributes: low acid value, juicy mango, sweet apple