Hand-made Yunnan small coffee beans? Flavor characteristics of Yunnan iron pickup and Katim cooking methods

Most of Yunnan coffee on the market now is Katim coffee, Yunnan small coffee on the front street is Katim coffee, and the front street 2013 solarization tin card is iron pickup coffee. What's the difference between these two types of coffee on hand brew? Front street, let's have a chat.

To make a coffee by hand, you must first understand the coffee beans in order to make it better.

Yunnan is China's largest producer of coffee, coffee this crop likes warm environment, heat resistance but not cold, sufficient light is more conducive to its

Growth, the most suitable planting temperature in 16 degrees Celsius to 21 degrees Celsius, which is centered on the equator, covering 25 degrees north latitude to 25 degrees south latitude formed the "world coffee gold planting belt." Yunnan in China happens to be in this golden belt. Most areas of Yunnan are 1000~2000 meters above sea level. The slope soil is fertile, the sunshine is abundant, the rainfall is abundant, and the temperature difference between day and night is large. These are favorable conditions for promoting coffee trees.

Yunnan coffee bean varieties

At the beginning of Yunnan coffee is iron pickup varieties, iron pickup varieties of coffee beans small size, so there is a "Yunnan small grain" this name. Today, Yunnan coffee varieties are mainly katim, which is what we call Yunnan Arabica coffee. Katim is a Portugal who mixed Brazilian Kadura with Timo to breed a hybrid second generation Katim with super disease resistance and yield ability. It has stronger vitality and yield than Yunnan ancient tree species, but it is slightly inferior in flavor performance.

So why did Yunnan plant katim instead of the better quality iron pickup? One is that the cost is too high. You know, Yunnan was originally planted with iron pickup trucks. At that time, there was no concept of fine coffee. Yunnan coffee was mainly measured by futures prices. In the 1990s, Nestle introduced higher yield katim into Yunnan for planting as raw materials for instant coffee production.

Yunnan coffee-producing areas

Yunnan coffee planting is mainly distributed in the southwest part of the province, including Baoshan, Dehong, Pu 'er, Lincang four major producing areas. The two Yunnan coffee beans on Qianjie Daily Bean List come from Baoshan and Lincang respectively.

[Dehong]

The birthplace of coffee in China, this area is 1000 to 1600 meters above sea level and covers an area of 2000 hectares of coffee plantations. What's more, most of the coffee is grown organically here, making it one of the best quality coffees in the world.

[Pu 'er]

Coffee Capital: In 2012, the planting area of Pu 'er was 43,433 hectares, and the coffee harvest area was 18,000 hectares, with an annual output of 36,500 tons of coffee, of which 24,700 tons were exported. Pu 'er coffee industry has 70 registered enterprises, 30,000 households and about 1 million people. Pu 'er tea is known as the "Millennium Tea City" is an important coffee-producing area in China, with the largest planting area, the highest yield and the best quality, and is also an important distribution center for international coffee business.

[Baoshan]

Arabica coffee is Baoshan's most famous coffee, this coffee took its first step in the late 1950s, and soon received positive feedback from London. In 1980, it was recognized as the "National Coffee Champion" at the National Coffee Conference. In December 2010, Baoshan Arabica obtained Class A certification and passed the process of China National Standards Administration, which is considered to reflect the national geographical indication of China.

Qianjie washed Yunnan Arabica coffee is from Baoshan, but also one of the rations beans of Qianjie coffee.

[Lincang]

Lincang City is located in the southwest of Yunnan Province. The Tropic of Cancer runs through the south, adjacent to Pu 'er in the east, Dali in the north, Baoshan in the west and Myanmar in the southwest. It is named after Lancang River and is a bright pearl in the southwest border of the motherland. Lincang annual average temperature between 16.8℃~17.2℃, dry and wet season obvious, sufficient sunshine. Qianjie Coffee took a fancy to this "green pearl on the border". At the beginning of Qianjie Coffee's establishment, it established its own coffee estate in Lincang, one of Yunnan's main coffee producing areas, planting the oldest Arabica variety-iron pickup.

Yunnan coffee bean processing method Because Yunnan perennial rainy season, climate instability, Yunnan coffee beans are mostly washed coffee beans. Qianjie chose Yunnan small coffee with washing treatment method as one of the ration beans in Qianjie. Most of the ration beans in Qianjie were washed with washing treatment method. Qianjie thought that washing treatment method could better reflect the flavor of local coffee. Front Street Coffee Yunnan Coffee has sun and water washed.

water washing process

The washing treatment method comprises the following steps: removing peel and pulp of the picked coffee fruit by a machine, putting the peeled coffee beans into a fermentation tank for fermentation, decomposing pectin layer by fermentation, repeatedly washing the fermented coffee beans with clean water to wash off the decomposed pectin, and finally drying the coffee beans in the sun.

solarization The sun treatment method is the oldest method of coffee bean treatment, also known as "natural drying method." Solarization does not require much high-end equipment, only continuous sunny days are required for solarization, which takes 27-30 days. Therefore, the climatic conditions are more demanding and suitable for countries in arid areas.

Yunnan coffee brewing parameters

Qianjie believes that Yunnan coffee flavor tonality is relatively neutral, that is, both sweet and sour bitter at the same time, so choose moderate baking, highlight chocolate fragrance while retaining part of the acid. Qianjie from the cup to drink Yunnan small grain ration beans present nuts, herbs, brown sugar sweet, and plum acid, taste balanced. Sunburned Qianjie 2013 has a higher sweetness of fruit melon, black tea-like mellow, with chocolate thickness, overall flavor clear, clean aftertaste.

Based on Yunnan coffee equilibrium and tonality, Qianjie uses a medium water temperature of 88 degrees Celsius. If the water temperature is too high, it is easy to have a burnt bitter flavor, and if the water temperature is too low, it is easy to extract insufficient. Compared with other conical filter cups, V60 filter cup has a larger diameter outlet, connecting the top and bottom of the spiral guide rib, easier to discharge water vapor during the extraction process, thus improving the flavor level.

Yunnan small grain ration bean brewing parameters: filter cup: V60, water temperature: 88℃, powder water ratio: 1:15, grinding degree: medium grinding (China standard 20 sieve pass rate 75%)

Front Street Wash Yunnan Arabica Flavor: It smells very nutty, herbal, chocolate, caramel on the palate, plum acid and tea on the finish.

Front Street Yunnan Suntan Coffee Flavor: Nutty tonality, more solid than washed Yunnan coffee, slightly less acidic than washed Yunnan coffee, but slightly sweeter, more balanced, fruity acidity, mixed with brown sugar, and a slight tea feel.

Front Street Coffee Brewing Advice

For coffee brewing, whether it is hand brewed or Italian, Front Street has always believed that the freshness of coffee beans is very important. Front Street Coffee ships coffee beans that are roasted within 5 days, because Front Street knows that the freshness of coffee beans has a great impact on flavor. Front Street Roasters 'motto is "Fresh Roast Good Coffee", so that every customer who orders coffee receives the freshest coffee. Coffee has a growing period of 4-7 days, so when the customer gets it, the flavor is at its best.

Of course, there are also some customers who need the front street to help grind, which does not matter, but the front street has to remind: coffee beans are ground in advance, there is no need to raise beans, because in the process of transportation, the pressure generated by carbon dioxide in the package can also make the coffee flavor mellow, so you can drink a cup immediately after receiving the coffee powder. However, coffee powder needs to be brewed in time, because coffee powder oxidizes faster after contact with air, that is to say, the flavor of coffee will disperse faster, and the flavor of coffee will not be so good. Therefore, Qianjie recommends buying whole beans and grinding them now, so as to better taste the flavor of coffee.

Different processing methods will have different flavors. Although most of the ration beans in the front street are mainly washed, if you want to taste more coffee flavors from different producing areas and different processing methods, you need to try more. Front Street has more than 50 kinds of coffee beans from different countries and different processing methods, which can fully meet everyone's taste needs for coffee flavor.

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