What are the coffee producing areas in Africa? The characteristics of African coffee how to make African coffee

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Regional Analysis of Coffee Bean species

Coffee production areas in the world are distributed to the south and north of the equator, also known as "coffee belts". There are more than 10 kinds of coffee beans produced between coffee belts, but there are only two kinds of coffee beans, Arabica beans and Robota beans.

Before the early coffee became popular, Robota beans, which were widely grown in Asia, were more popular because of the limited channels to obtain good coffee beans. This kind of beans are generally grown at lower elevations. Due to the influence of climate, beans are low in fat and sugar, and taste is bitter and strong, without much flavor change and characteristics.

Another kind of Arabica bean, which is grown at high altitude, is the vast majority of boutique coffee beans on the market, because it is located in higher altitude areas, grows slowly, and can develop beans with a sound flavor. Arabica beans are sweet, soft and fruity, and are loved by coffee people.

When you drink coffee, you can pay attention to the five indicators of "aroma", "sweetness", "acidity", "bitterness" and "aftertaste" of a cup of coffee to judge the characteristics of your preference for coffee. You can also look for coffee flavor wheel charts on the Internet. Try what flavor you drink while drinking, and slowly improve your taste!

The processing procedure of coffee beans will also affect the flavor.

1 sun exposure method

In the oldest and convenient way, the raw coffee beans with skin and meat are naturally dried in the natural sun, so the flavor is rich and wild.

2 washing method

At present, the most common method of raw bean treatment is to remove the pulp of coffee beans and put the pectin seeds with pectin into a fermentation tank to remove pectin by fermentation. after fermentation, the beans are washed and then dried, because the acid will seep into the raw beans in the process, so the sour taste of the beans washed in water will be heavier and the flavor will be cleaner.

3 half-sun method

The traditional sun drying method is improved to remove the pulp of coffee beans and leave pectin for the sun, so the flavor is so stronger than that without sun exposure.

4 semi-washing method

This is one of the few methods used, the difference is that semi-washing removes pectin mechanically, so the flavor is less sour and tastes between sun-dried beans and water-washed beans.

Why do African coffee beans have berry aromas?

Do you pay attention to the type or origin of coffee beans when you drink coffee? Although there are many factors that affect the flavor of coffee, such as the baking degree of beans, the grinding fineness of coffee powder, the brewing temperature, and so on, layers of coffee are stacked to become this cup of coffee in front of you. However, the most basic flavor can be glimpsed from the "origin".

Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, etc.) is the origin of coffee, so there are more varieties, generally more wild aroma, and a strawberry or blueberry aftertaste.

Beans from Africa in Qianjie:

Yejia Xuefei

Flavor description: floral and refreshing citrus aromas, supple and rich acidity and sweet fruit, with fresh wild berries, stevia, honey, cocoa, lemon and other flavors

Sidamo

Flavor description: sweet lemon, orange peel, wild ginger and other aromas, fresh and soft syrup taste, with all kinds of fruit aromas and flower aromas, rich and varied layers.

Kenya

Flavor description: green apple and berry flavor with caramel, coffee berry sweet, bright aroma, crisp and sweet taste, smooth and refreshing in the mouth.

Burundi:

Flavor description: with aroma of peanut skin and bright acidity

Rose Xia Village:

Ruoxia Village is a coffee-producing area that has sprung up in recent years, in Banchi Maggie. Only rosy summer coffee is grown here.

Flavor description: unlike the rose summer of Panama, the rose summer here has obvious African regional characteristics, with bright citric acid, citrus acid, jasmine and sugar sweetness.

Qianjie cooking parameters are suggested:

V60ap90 ℃ / 1 15 / time two minutes