Description of flavor and taste of washed coffee beans in Gagu you (hard stone) Gakuyu treatment plant in Kenya

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Kenya is a model country for the production of fine coffee beans. Coffee was introduced from Britain in 1900. Only traditional Arabica did not have the best bourbon species of SL28 and SL34 in Kenya until 1950. All water treatment methods, graded AA PLUS AA AB system, but this is only the difference of particle size uniformity does not represent the difference in quality, the high quality altitude is 4200 to 6800 feet. From 2009 to 2010, due to the influence of global warming and pathological changes, the decrease in output led to a high price, and then the continuous rise of fine coffee and the irreplaceable BlackBerry flavor of Kenyan coffee, making good Kenyan beans at a high price. Therefore, direct coffee is the first choice to buy better quality Kenyan beans, larger beans with high wine BlackBerry acid, can be harvested twice a year, April to June is the second production season, October to December is the main harvest season.

Most of the coffee beans are graded by the Kenya Coffee Bureau and sold at the auction venue. The system of public auction can be traced back to the way of auction before 1934. Kenya has 50 licensed agents who send sample beans to their customers for cup testing. Customers can bid for their favorite coffee at the auction. But this approach seems to encourage intermediary agents to erode farmers' income, so in 2006 Kenya opened 32 more independent sales agents to contact foreign coffee buyers directly without going through auctions. however, these must meet the standards such as the Kenya Coffee Agency's guarantee to the quality Storage Bank before they can be sold. 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.

The price of Kenya beans has been high in recent years, but the actual income of farmers is less than 1 pound 1 US dollars, after deducting production costs, almost all the rest go to pay bank loans, there is very little left, the largest intermediate exploiters are Kenyan agricultural dictatorship officials, these officials do not want to see a more progressive Kenya, if you would like to support Kenyan beans through the Fair Trade Fair Trade Association system, at least this is a transparent and just coffee. (dispatch from the origin of coffee)

The Gagu Youyou (hard Stone) Gakuyu washing Plant is located in Kirinaga District, Central Province of Kenya, on the slope of more than 1600 meters of Kenya's central mountains. The fertile and rich red volcanic gravel soil is the ideal coffee soil, with an average temperature of 1225 degrees and an average annual rainfall of 1600 mm. The main harvest is from October to December, small farmers grow the traditional unimproved traditional variety SL28,SL34, hand-picked fully ripe cherries are treated with water on the same day, and the silver skins are scrubbed with parchment before shipment.

Property Characteristics: farm characteristics

Farm Farm: Gakuyu-ini hard Stone treatment Plant

Grade level: AA

Country country: Kenya Kenya

City City: Kianyaga

Region: Gichugu Central Dashan area

Altitude altitude: 1600-1800m

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

Certification Certification: Fair Trade Fair Trade Association

Coffee Characteristics: coffee characteristics

Variety varieties: SL 28, SL 34

Processing System treatment: Full Washed washing drying on African viaduct