What is honey-treated Honey Processing? What is the flavor of coffee beans treated with honey?

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Pulp treatment refers to what honey treatment changes which step of the raw bean treatment method

Coffee treatment is divided into water washing, sun treatment and honey treatment. like the editor, have you ever thought that honey treatment has something to do with honey?

After understanding, we know that honey treatment has nothing to do with honey. In honey treatment, "honey" means the pectin layer of coffee beans that stick like honey (mucilage). The sun method will directly remove the shell and the pectin layer, while the water washing method will use fermentation to remove the pectin layer, and only the honey treatment method will retain the pectin layer.

Honey treatment will remove the outer pulp of coffee beans, retain the sticky pectin layer (mucilage), this layer of pectin is very sticky and slippery, sugar is very high and acidic, coffee beans with pectin layer will be exposed to the sun, coffee farmers need to turn coffee beans frequently to avoid mildew, exposure time is too short and unable to transfer the substances of the pectin layer to coffee beans, timing and moisture control are very important.

Honey treatment is more time-consuming and troublesome than washing and tanning, and requires more manpower and time, so why choose this method? The answer obviously has something to do with better coffee products. honey-treated coffee beans can preserve the original sweet flavor of coffee ripe fruit, balance sour and sweet taste, and have a more mellow taste.

Have you noticed that the coffee beans treated with honey are subdivided into yellow honey, red honey and black honey? It depends on the degree of retention of the pectin layer, with 80% called black honey, 60% red honey, 40% yellow honey and 20% white honey, showing different flavors.

Honey treatment is common in coffee produced in Central American countries such as Costa Rica, Panama and El Salvador.

What is the flavor of coffee beans treated with honey?

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