Introduction to the flavor of Yejiaxefi red cherry coffee

What are the characteristics, taste and cup flavor treatment of Yejiaxuefei red cherry? Is it good?

Yirga cheffe is a small town in Ethiopia, 1700-2100 meters above sea level. It is one of the highest coffee producing areas in the world and is synonymous with Ethiopian boutique coffee. Lake Turkana, Lake Abaya and Lake Chamo bring rich water vapor here.

The Rift Valley, represented by Misty valley, is foggy all the year round, like spring all the year round, with a gentle breeze, cool and humid, and thousands of coffee trees thrive, giving birth to the unique and unpredictable atmosphere of Yejia Xuefei's unique fragrance of flowers and fruits.

| what is the "Red Cherry Project"?

In order to improve the income of Ethiopian coffee farmers and improve the living standards of the local people, in 2007, Trabocca, a Dutch trader, launched the "OPERATION CHERRY RED PROJECT" Red Cherry Project with farmers from the producing areas. It is purely to encourage farmers to improve the quality of coffee beans. At the beginning of the harvest season in the producing area, Trabocca will specify a harvest plan for the microclimate area to harvest 100% ripe red coffee cherries by hand, with a yield of about 1500 kg-3000 kg.

The Red Cherry Project invested $5000 in 2008 to purchase new sun drying racks. In 2009, another $8000 was invested in the procurement of new sun drying racks and sunshade nets. A $9000 generator was invested in 2010 and a further $10000 was invested in 2011 to improve some local coffee transport roads to make transporting coffee more convenient and efficient. Trabocca offers interest-free loans to buy new coffee cherry meat removers and coffee bean sorters. In order to facilitate suppliers' procurement, a high-quality Addis Ababa coffee cup testing laboratory was built with an investment of US $14000 in 2012.

Trabocca provides financial loan support, new hardware equipment and production processing knowledge and technology to help farmers improve their production, promising to pay generous prices as long as the quality of actual output meets the cup test standards in Ethiopia's Addis Ababa and Amsterdama Cup in the Netherlands. The passing standard set by Trabocca is 88 points.

The coffee beans of the Red Cherry Project are immediately packed in plastic inner bags (GrainPro bags or vacuum box) immediately after the processing of the origin is completed, then shipped to Djibouti for shipping. Strive for perfect quality through immediate monitoring, safe transportation and timely and appropriate handling. As a result of this red cherry program, roasters can buy high-quality coffee beans, improve the quality of Ethiopian coffee and have better prices. Trabocca can also return profits to farmers, and continue to improve and improve the quality.

Because of its strict selection, each coffee farmer group produces only about 1500-3000 kilograms of coffee in small batches each year, and the ripe coffee fruit looks like a cherry, so it is known as "coffee cherry".

| | about the grading of Yega Xuefei |

According to the different ways of handling raw coffee beans, Yega Xuefei can be divided into two categories:

Category An is the washing method, and the grade standard is formulated by the "American Fine Coffee Society" SCAA. It is divided into Gr-1;Gr-2. The smaller the Arabic numeral is, the higher the grade is. The style of G1 Yega Chuefei is distinct. The flavor of citrus and floral flavor in the coffee liquid is an irresistible delicacy for everyone.

Category B is sun-treated coffee raw beans, with a grade of Gr-1;Gr-3;Gr-4;Gr-5, and the same highest grade G1 sun Yega Chevy is fruity. Opening the freshly baked G1 Sun Yega Chevy coffee bag can subvert people's original understanding of coffee. Only those who have tasted the highest grade sun Yega Chevy will believe that coffee is a kind of fruit.

| | processing method |

Qianjie Coffee bought this sun-treated Yejiaxuefei red cherry coffee and observed the raw beans. We found that this Yejiaxuefei red cherry beans had slightly larger particles, slightly lower density and lower water content.

In fact, each coffee from this processing plant can be considered as high-quality refined coffee, its characteristics are better than other coffee, no matter which method of treatment is used, so the coffee beans here can be considered to be the best coffee in Yega.

After screening the available coffee cherries, the treatment factory puts the whole coffee cherries with intact pulp and peel in the elevated shed for sun treatment, which is a way of putting in high-intensity human labor, isolating contact with the ground, preventing the miscellaneous smell of soil in the process of sun exposure, and creating an unusually clean fruit flavor.

After more than two weeks of sun exposure, the dark brown coffee fruit is stored professionally, waiting for the whole flavor to ripen. Before shipping, the processing plant will take the coffee beans out of the coffee cherries, and the sweetness can be imagined.

| | Bake analysis & cup test |

The red cherry beans with such a flavor are certainly not suitable for medium and deep baking, so the roaster of Qianjie Coffee gets this [Yejiaxefi red cherry] and intends to use a light and slow roasting method to reflect its round and sweet, full-bodied and fruity characteristics.

Taking into account the relatively small particles of this coffee, moisture content, in the baking process is also relatively large heat absorption, Mena reaction process is also relatively fast.

In our first baking, because the temperature of the beans is relatively high, before the coffee beans are dehydrated and yellowed, we use 160 firepower to ensure that there is enough heat to last until the first explosion, directly develop to the second explosion, and determine the development of the area line.

In the second, third and fourth baking, the same bean temperature of 200, the same firepower, in the baking process gradually reduce firepower as needed.

Roaster Yangjia 600g semi-direct fire

Using quick-frying mode, the furnace temperature is 200 degrees Celsius into the pan, the throttle is set at 3.5 degrees Celsius and the firepower is adjusted to 160 degrees after 1 minute, the throttle is unchanged, the firepower is adjusted once at 148 degrees, it is reduced to 130 degrees, baked to 5: 03 ", the temperature is 151 degrees, the bean table turns yellow, the smell of grass disappears completely, dehydration is completed, the firepower is adjusted to 105 degrees, and the throttle is opened to 4 degrees.

In the 8th minute, ugly wrinkles and black markings appear on the bean table, and the smell of toast obviously changes to the smell of coffee, which can be defined as a prelude to an explosion. At this time, listen clearly to the sound of the explosion point, start to explode at 9: 07 ", adjust the firepower to 70 degrees, and the throttle is fully open (the firepower should not be so small as to be free of bursting sound). Put the pot at 194 degrees.

Cup test:

Roast one: strawberry, raspberry, vanilla, honeydew, juicy

Baking curve 2: strawberries, raspberries, vanilla, honey, juice

Roast two: manguo, black brin, citrus juicy

Baking curve 3: mango, black brin, blueberry, citrus juice

Roast three: citrus juicy, cream

Baking curve 3: citrus juice, cream

The dry aroma of Yejassefi is full of fruit, with strong aromas of dried fruit, strawberry, mango and apricot jam.

Wet fragrance is like sweet syrup, like sticky apricot juice, wrapped in plain honey or chocolate. The entrance is not strong, the mellow thickness is medium, the sour taste is not obvious, but it is lively and bright, like fruit black tea.