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Production area: Mathira Guchuko

Bean seed: Arabica SL28 SL34

Plant 1830-1920 meters above sea level

Planting soil red volcanic soil

Rainfall: about 1200MM

Cup test score 86.5

Flavor description:

Cranberries, caramel, cocoa,

Red apple, medium alcohol thickness

When hearing "Kenyan coffee", the first thing that comes to mind for many coffee lovers is "Kenyan AA".

Because coffee beans are the most widely used in coffee shops, and people who know a little about coffee beans know that they represent the level of quality.

But is Kenyan AA coffee really better than AB coffee?

The method of grading beans varies slightly from place to place.

For example, Brazil, the world's largest coffee producer, is labeled No.2--No.6 according to the number of defective beans (defect beans) per 300g of raw beans and SHB--EPW according to the height of cultivation in Guatemala.

Kenya marks raw beans as E--MH according to their size. At this point, the benchmark raw bean size refers to the "sieve size (screen size)" (1 screen size=1/64 inch (0.4 mm)).

Kenya uses sieve size as the standard, combining density and shape to classify coffee. As in Brazil or Guatemala, coffee is classified not by the number of defective beans or planting height, but by the size of the sieve.

The reason for this is that the bigger the beans, the higher the content of oil that affects the flavor of coffee.

Kenyan coffee is rated as E-PB-AA-AB-C-TT-T-MH/ML.

Kenya E

The screen size is more than 18, which is called "Elephant Bean". Two face-to-face two seeds merged into one, suddenly mutated beans.

Kenya PB

It is also included in Kenya E, which means "Peaberry". In cherry fruits, there are not two seeds, but beans formed by a round seed.

Kenya AA

The size of the sieve is 17mur18pm 1400Muth2000m highland, which is the largest size of normal raw beans. It has an excellent medium mellow, crisp and refreshing taste.

Kenya AB

The size of the screen is a mixture of grade A (screen size 16murmur17) and grade B (sieve size 15murmur16). Although it is not considered to be like the high-priced coffee of Kenya AA, it is also rated as premium grade coffee.

Kenya C

The screen size is 14m / m / m / 15, which is lower than that of grade B.

Kenya TT

The size of the sieve is 15 Mel 17, the size of beans is similar to that of AA--AB, but the density is low.

Kenya T

Sieve size less than 12, broken, defective or small beans, fragments of grade C.

Kenya MH/ML

Before harvest, beans that fall by themselves are processed because they are overcooked. Among them, the heavy ones are MH grade (MassHeavy) and the light ones are ML grade (Mass Light). Because of the low quality, most of them are traded at a low price.

In addition to the above levels, there are HE level (HeavyEars), UG level (UnGraded), SB level (SortedBeans).

In terms of the order of levels, AA is higher than AB, but AB is only slightly smaller than AA in size, and its quality is no less than AA.

Maybe it's because Kenya's AA is now widely believed to be the best coffee grade. As a result, it is natural to form the perception that Kenyan AB is considered to be of low quality.

In the Kenyan coffee grade classification standard, there is no quality evaluation factor such as the taste or the quantity of defective beans.

Because a high grade does not fully represent good quality, it is not easy to conclude that the quality of Kenya AA is better than Kenya AB.

For the above reasons, companies that export coffee to Kenya will reclassify and classify them according to their own systems: taking the SB-Plus-FAQ plus-FAQ-FAQ minus-Minus; as an example, they are divided into SB-Plus-FAQ plus-FAQ-FAQ minus-Kenya MH/ML, Grinder plus-Bold grinder-Kenya, and Kenya MH/ML-Unclean cup.

Like this, it is difficult to judge the quality of Kenyan coffee simply by the levels of AA and AB.

Is it because you are "tied up" by the name "Kenya AA" that you can't enjoy more Kenyan coffee?

If you are looking for high-quality Kenyan coffee, please don't be obsessed with grades such as AA or AB, and taste the coffee directly.