Micro-batch MICROLOT | what does micro-batch coffee bean mean? how many is micro-batch?

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In terms of quantity, microbatch micro-lot usually refers to a small number of "thousand units", which may be a kilogram, a kilogram, or a thousand pounds, while 10 mini-lot is 100 micro-lot is also equal to standar-lot, so micro-lot is a relative noun, depending on the unit on which it is defined.

For coffee beans, the whole producing area may be large, but a small plot of land is particularly good and is distinguished from being supplied directly to traders, or the estate is so small that it cannot reach the national acquisition level and can only be sold in small amounts (in the case of the entire national producing area), and described as micro-batches.

In proportion, one kilogram of the beans purchased for a meal is sold by the manor alone, which can be called a micro-batch, or one mu of coffee beans planted on a thousand mu of land is specially taken out for monopoly, which can be called a micro-batch.

However, micro-batches are not directly related to whether they are good or not, and micro-batches are not necessarily small in quantity (for example, there are many containers in thousands of containers). It can only be said that they are relatively small, depending on the denominator. For example, the number of micro-batches in Colombia is very large, but the micro-batches of jadeite manors are quite rare. Some coffee shops refer to small purchases or small amounts of cooked beans as micro-batches are completely wrong.

However, the Jade Manor also has micro-batches.

[Emerald Manor] consists of four farms: Ca ñ as Verdes, El Velo, Jaramillo and Palmira. All coffee beans are sent to four farms for post-processing. The first farm bought by the Peterson family, the owner, was Palmira.

The Jadeite Special selection (Esmeralda Special), that is, the independent bidding held by the Jadeite Manor itself, is entirely based on the Rose Summer (Geisha / Geisha), each block is subdivided into small batches according to the name of the production block. only the Rose Summer (Geisha / Geisha) lots that the manor takes out for independent bidding can use the Jadeite Special name. Since 2013, there have been nine batches of the Jadeite Special selection.

Rosa participated in the auction in 2004, and the auction war has pushed Rosa to an astonishing price. Looking back at the 2017 Panamanian boutique coffee auction, a batch of sun roses from the Emerald Manor sold for a whopping $601 / lb, almost double the previous auction. In other words, the price of a kilogram of raw beans is as high as 8900 yuan.

Veil Farm (El Velo), acquired by Jade Manor in 2012, is the latest farm in the estate. Veil farms often process micro-batches of coffee beans and sell them in small quantities through direct trade.

For example, the coffee fruit harvested by Prueba4 comes from the Bolton plot of the Veil Farm. This batch of coffee beans are soaked in titanium dioxide. First peel the ripe red coffee fruit, then place the peeled coffee fruit in a closed jar filled with titanium dioxide for 62 hours, then the coffee fruit will be placed on the concrete terrace to dry for 32 hours (there is still pectin residue, so it is honey treatment). The temperature of the terrace is controlled between 17 °C and 24 °C. Pruba 4 (Prueba 4) belongs to a special innovative batch of special collection plots of Jadeite Manor.

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