Ecuadorian coffee hand brews Ecuadorian Vikabamba-longevity village coffee is worth a try

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Everyone wants to live a long life, and according to the International Institute for Longevity Studies, there must be more than 75 centenarians per million people in order for the area to meet the standards of longevity areas.

The five world longevity villages identified by the International Natural Medicine Association are Caucasus of the old Soviet Union, Hunza of Pakistan, Vikabamba of Ecuador, Hetian of Xinjiang of China and Bama of Guangxi.

Interestingly, only Ecuador's Vilcabamba is located in the Western Hemisphere, so it is also known as the longevity hometown of the Western Hemisphere. since 1970, a group of Western scientists have been stationed to study the reasons for the longevity of residents in this area, and of all the longevity villages in the world, only Ecuador, the Vilcabamba, grows coffee!

What is the mystery of the coffee grown in Changshou Village? At present, although there is no direct evidence to prove that drinking is of great help to prolong life, in order to maintain the local ecology and continue to study the crops in Changshou Village, the German government has commissioned a German organization to buy all the coffee beans produced in Changshou Village.

Vilcabamba, a longevity village located in the plateau cloud region of the Andes in southern Ecuador, is pronounced in the Inca language Quechua: Vilcabamba, which means sacred tribe "Holy Valley". Because the villagers live a long life, scientists and doctors have been trying to unravel this secret for centuries. According to the local government, there are about 5000 villagers, of whom more than 20 are over 100 years old. Some of these old people grow and handle coffee by hand. The local people like to eat beans, corn, bananas, sweet potatoes, rice, and mango scientists believe that the local drinking spring water has a high mineral content, in which the proportion of iron and magnesium is ideal.

Some experts believe that the water quality of the two rivers from Vilcabamba and Chamba in Changshou Village is effective, and the average annual temperature in the village is very comfortable between 18 and 22 ℃, and the elevation of 1500 meters is very comfortable without hot or cold winter, which belongs to the subtropical climate zone; and the unique Hilo plants in this region have incredible effect on air cleaning, which should be one of the secrets of longevity.

These high-quality coffee planted on the alpine slopes of Changshou Village use the magical river water of Changshou Village to deal with these coffee fruits, and do not rely on machines or chemicals. Coffee in Changshou Village is still a traditional and hand-grown ancient industry. in order to maintain this tradition, the German government allocates a budget and sends experts to help grow it every year. GTZ (Society for Technical Cooperation/ Gesellschaft f ü r Technische Zusammenarbeit), on behalf of the German government, ensures that Vilcabamba coffee farmers continue to provide this quality product, funding and purchasing these longevity coffees. The harvest season is from June to October every year, because the coffee ripens slowly in the alpine sun, so the aroma and flavor of the coffee are very attractive to some customers in Europe, while the ripe coffee fruits are manually peeled and peeled by a simple machine. then use the traditional water washing fermentation method, and then slowly dry in the alpine sun, need to manually turn and select every day.

In the picture below, you can see that the appearance of the sack is a happy old man, jumping and whistling while walking. In fact, there are several old people over 90 years old in this village. Every day, the greatest pleasure is to drink two cups of coffee after work. Almost every day, they go to the coffee farm at home to help do something. An old gentleman said in an interview with GTZ: my greatest pleasure is to have a cup of coffee and chat with the kids in the neighborhood.

The coffee grown in this secret longevity village belongs to Typica. Although the output is not much, the flavor is like the river water here, very sweet, and the aftertaste lasts for a long time. The longevity coffee produced in Changshou village is worth a try.

Basic data

Country: Ecuador: Vicabamba

Grade: mountain grown varieties:

Harvest time: harvest at the end of October 2015, delivery in July 2016

Treatment: traditional washing method, natural sun after fermentation

Appearance / disadvantage: green

The taste of the cup is as follows: M0 + baking degree, baking time 12 minutes

Dry aroma: fruit aroma, sweet litchi, sweet spices, green apple, blackcurrant, direct and deep nose aroma, essential oil fragrance

Wet fragrance: sour berries, sour citrus grapefruit, sweet and sour oil, sweet caramel, honey tea

Sipping: heavy and slippery grease, sour berries, grapefruit, fresh cream, sweet caramel

The fragrance of pea and essential oil at high altitude in East Africa, the sweet and sour taste of grapefruit after swallowing is like fresh fresh-cut grapefruit stained with honey, quite special.