What is the flavor of Brazilian coffee beans? what are the taste characteristics of Brazilian boutique coffee? what is the producing area of Brazilian Hillado coffee? how should I drink it?

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Brazil, the world's number one producer of Arabica coffee, accounts for about 30% of global production. Brazilian coffee beans are also a key factor in determining the annual coffee futures price. If it is a bumper year for Brazilian coffee beans, Brazil will ship coffee beans to the ICE exchange in the United States for testing, and when the stock of Arabica coffee beans on the exchange is sufficient, the price of all Arabica coffee beans on the market will fall; otherwise, it will rise.

Why is Brazil rich in Arabica coffee beans?

Brazil's geographical location makes it very suitable for growing coffee. Almost the whole country is in the tropics. It is relatively stable, mainly hot and humid climate (from tropical to temperate climate), coupled with fertile soil, which means that the growth conditions of coffee crops are very superior.

But the disadvantage is that compared with other Central and South American coffee producing areas, Brazil has a lower altitude and a relatively flat terrain, so Brazilian coffee beans are not as hard as other Central and South American coffee beans on the ground. the flavor is also not as delicate, bright and rich as other Central and South American coffee beans. But that didn't stop people from loving Brazilian coffee beans.

Flavor characteristics of Brazilian coffee beans

Qianjie Coffee believes that Brazilian coffee beans are loved by so many people, one is its high performance-to-price ratio, and the other is that although the flavor is not rich, but the mellow and solid taste and the main flavor of nuts really want to eat nut pie. Whether it is a single producing area (single product) coffee beans directly boiled, or used to match the main tone of coffee beans, are very suitable, is a mellow sense of balance of coffee beans.

Coffee bean growing areas in Brazil

According to Qianjie Coffee, it is known that the main producing areas of Brazilian coffee beans are: Minas Gerais MinasGerais, Sao Paulo Sao Paulo, Bahia Bahia and Esp í rito Santo Espirito Santo, these four producing areas account for 90% of Brazil's national production, of which Morgiana is the most famous in the state of Sao Paulo, but the highest altitude is not Morgiana, but Syrador and South Minas in Minas Gerais.

Qianjie Coffee currently houses two Brazilian coffee beans, a yellow bourbon from Queen Morgiana Manor in Sao Paulo and a red bourbon from Minas Gerais Hilado.

This area of Morgiana is very close to South Minas. Coffee is grown between shrubs, grasslands and other vegetation. There are many farming families in this area, some of which operate in the traditional way of large farms, while others operate in a small-scale and modern way. Modern science and technology mixed with mountain coffee cultivation culture has created the highest quality raw coffee beans.

Brazilian Queen's Manor Coffee is located at an altitude of 1400-1950 in the Morgiana region, covering an area of 280ha, of which 200ha is a yellow bourbon variety. The unique geographical conditions and pleasant climate make it a unique producing area of fine coffee.

Syracuse occupies 22% of the prairie area of Brazil, deep in the interior of Brazil. The Shirado coffee producing area referred to in Qianjie Coffee is not the entire Hirado prairie, but only in coffee growing areas above 1000 meters above sea level in the central and western part of Minas province. This area is the essence of the Hirado prairie, high altitude, fertile soil, to grow sweet, mellow thickness and high cleanliness of boutique coffee beans.

Variety characteristics of Brazilian coffee beans

"Red bourbon variety"

Bourbon is the second species of the iron pickup mutant, which belongs to the oldest existing coffee variety, and the green fruit will appear bright red when it is ripe. Compared with the tin card species, the bourbon species has wider leaves and denser growth. although the seed setting is higher than the tin card, the harvest time is also 2 years, which can be regarded as a variety with less yield. After testing the coffee cup in Qianjie, it is found that the red bourbon coffee has a high-quality taste, like the sour taste of red wine and a sweet finish.

"Yellow bourbon variety"

Bourbon is also a gene mutant of bourbon. Bourbon has always been considered to be the leader in coffee because of its high yield and good quality. The yellow bourbon is a unique bourbon variety in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. After ripening, the coffee fruit does not turn red like red bourbon, but orange, so it is named after yellow bourbon. Because the altitude of yellow bourbon is very high, so its flavor is very good. After testing the Qianjie coffee cup, it is found that the flavor usually has nuts and chocolate, the acidity is balanced and supple, the bitter feeling is weak and clean, and the whole is very bright and refreshing.

How do you make Brazilian coffee?

No matter how coffee is extracted, it is very important to use freshly roasted coffee beans because only freshly roasted coffee beans can show the best aroma and flavor levels. All beans sold on Qianjie Coffee are issued within 5 days of roasting, ensuring 100% fresh grinding.

In order to highlight the mellow taste of Brazilian coffee beans, Qianjie coffee is roasted to a medium depth. The longer the roasting time, the looser the structure of the coffee beans, and the faster the release of coffee substances, so Qianjie Coffee recommends that you should thicken the grinding degree of the Mantening coffee, and do not use too high temperature water to reduce the extraction of the back section of the coffee and reduce the bitterness.

Extraction parameters from Qianjie Coffee Store

Filter cup: KONO

Powder content: 15g

Water temperature: 89 ℃

Degree of grinding: medium reading grinding, No. 20 standard screen pass rate 75%

Gouache ratio: 1:15

Steam with 30 grams of water for 30 seconds, small water flow around the circle to 125g for stages, water level drop is about to expose the powder bed, continue water injection to 225g to stop water injection, and so the water level drop is about to expose the powder bed to remove the filter cup, (steaming starts timing) Kono filter cup extraction time is slightly longer, the total extraction time is 2 times 39 times 10 ". (if V60 filter cup extraction is used, the total extraction time is 2 minutes 39 percent 00 ")

Brazilian Hilado coffee bean flavor: the entrance has obvious sweetness, with a hint of lemon aroma, with a strong nutty flavor, the latter part of the performance has an obvious dark chocolate flavor, the overall feeling is more round.

Brazilian Queen's Manor Coffee Bean flavor: taste balanced, in the main tone of almond cocoa, highlight the sweetness of sugar, is a full, sweet coffee.