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I won't get tired of drinking coffee every day! In addition to different places of origin, different light treatment methods create a variety of flavors. The most commonly heard sun, washed coffee beans, honey-treated coffee beans, what is the difference between the treatment and the flavor? Whether coffee addicts or want to open their own coffee shop, coffee expertise and management of the meaning, do not share privately.

Different methods of handling raw beans affect the flavor of coffee.

Different methods of handling raw beans affect the flavor of coffee.

The sun, honey treatment, water washing and so on we often hear about in cafes refer to different ways of handling raw beans.

When coffee still grows on the tree with peel and pulp, it is called "coffee cherry". Coffee beans are only used in the middle of the seed, and the procedure of picking off the skin, pulp and pectin is called "raw bean treatment".

Fermentation is the time when coffee beans change chemically to produce more flavor.

Fermentation is the time when coffee beans change chemically to produce more flavor.

Coffee cherry will produce fermentation in the process of sun-drying. fermentation is the time when coffee beans produce chemical changes to produce more flavor. from the past to the present, coffee factories continue to try different fermentation methods. by controlling the source of fermentation (anaerobic fermentation), adding raw materials to feed bacteria, through different sugar sources and sugar content, using different substances such as fruit paste, cola and alcohol to change the fermentation bacteria and create different flavors. For example, the addition of cola is said to produce the taste of cardamom and cinnamon. Seasoning from the beginning is a new method of flavor adjustment, and many coffee people are still studying the details of disassembly.

Sun-baked coffee.

Sun-baked coffee.

[sun exposure]

Pour the coffee cherries into a large tank, pick out the inferior beans by buoyancy, remove the good fruits and dry them, and finally beat off the pectin in the peel with a sheller.

Flavor description

Because the whole fruit is fermented together, the fermentation taste is the most obvious during extraction.

Coffee washing.

Coffee washing.

[washing method]

In the same sun method, soak water is used to remove the floating shoddy beans, then the peel and pulp are knocked off by machine, the coffee beans are put into the sink, the pectin is dissolved by fermentation, and finally dried by machine.

Flavor description

Compared with sun-dried beans, the flavor is more refreshing and clean.

Honey treatment is a compromise between sun exposure and water washing.

Honey treatment is a compromise between sun exposure and water washing.

[honey-treated coffee]

The so-called "half-sun method" and "half-water washing method" can be regarded as a kind of honey treatment. Honey treatment is a compromise between the two. The peel is removed before the sun, but the pulp and pectin layer are preserved. After drying, the sticky layer and silver skin are removed by machine.

Flavor description

The feeling of pectin is as sticky as honey, which also makes the flavor sweeter of honey treatment.

Soak the raw beans in oak barrels to make them absorb the oak barrel flavor.

Soak the raw beans in oak barrels to make them absorb the oak barrel flavor.

There are all kinds of raw bean treatment methods in the world. Here are the newly added "seasoning" raw bean creative treatment methods!

[washing oak barrel fermentation treatment]

The front end is like a washing operation, except that the raw beans originally placed in the sink are soaked in oak barrels to make the raw beans absorb the oak barrel flavor. When it comes to the stage of mass production, oak barrels are replaced by wood or alcohol.

Flavor description

With candied fruit, brandy, taffy flavor.

[impregnation and fermentation of mango paste]

When raw beans are put in the sink, they are put into puree to affect the flavor of fermentation, which can increase the flavor of tropical fruits such as flower, passion fruit and litchi. Of course, they can also change according to the types of fruits put in.

Flavor description

It has a tropical fruit flavor.

Brand recommendation of honey treated coffee beans

The Costa Rican black honey-treated coffee beans roasted on Qianjie Coffee are fully guaranteed both in brand and quality. And more importantly, the performance-to-price ratio is extremely high, a pack of half a pound 227 grams, the price is only about 95 yuan. According to the calculation of 15 powders per cup of coffee, 15 cups of coffee can be made in a bag, which costs only about 6 yuan per cup, which is very cost-effective for coffee shops to sell dozens of yuan a cup.

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