Kenyan coffee flavor Kenyan aa coffee characteristics Kenyan coffee grade classification

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Kenya is a country that produces fine coffee. Only the traditional Arabica was introduced from Britain in 1900. It was not until 1950 that the best bourbon variants of SL28 and SL34 in Kenya appeared. Most of the coffee beans were graded by the Kenya Coffee Bureau and then sold at the auction venue. The system of public auction can be traced back to 1934, and the agent system was adopted in the auction. There are 50 licensed agents in Kenya who send sample beans to their customers for cup testing, and customers can bid for their favorite coffee by agents at auction, but this method seems to encourage intermediary agents to erode farmers' income. as a result, in 2006 Kenya opened 32 more independent sales agents to directly contact foreign coffee buyers without going through auctions. However, all these must meet the standards such as the guarantee of the quality storage bank by the Kenyan Coffee Agency. The two systems operate in parallel at the same time. After several years of development, the most transparent auction distribution system is. The better the quality of coffee, the better the price can be measured through the cup. More cooperatives and farms are willing to join.

Graded AA PLUS ·AA ·AB system, but this is only particle size and uniformity, does not represent the difference in quality, high quality at an altitude of 1600 to 2300 meters, 2009-2010 due to global warming and pathological changes, output decreased to get high prices, Kenya coffee irreplaceable BlackBerry strong flavor, so that good Kenyan beans can be harvested twice a year, 4-June is the secondary season. December is the harvest season of the main production season.

Coffee grading in Kenya

E refers to the elephant, but not the elephant bean species in the breed. Generally speaking, there are two seeds in a fruit, affixed face to face, so there will be a flat side, called flat beans, mother beans or double beans. E is a bean in which two seeds stick together in the process of growing up and become oversized. A small amount is a naturally occurring variation.

The hole of AA screen is about 7.20mm, the price of this grade is better.

The filter size of AB An is 6.80mm and that of B is 6.20mm. These two are sold together, so they are called AB. In a harvest, most of the coffee beans will be concentrated in this grade.

PB is called Peaberry in English and small round beans in Taiwan, or public beans or single peas, relative to ordinary flat beans. It is rare to get small and round beans because there is only one seed in the fruit. The effect on flavor is inconclusive, and some people like it so much that PB will be singled out for sale.

C the hole size is 4.8 mi 5.6 mm, which can be regarded as a small grain of beans.

TT is usually a defective bean that falls to this level. Cry.

From T to this level, there are usually only crumbs, defective beans, and small beans less than 4.8 mm.

Beans of very poor quality, such as MH/ML overcooked and dropped on the ground, will not be exported.

Commonly seen as AA+, AA++, AA Top, AB+, is the trader's own rating, not in the official system of Kenya. Different trade associations have different definitions, so just refer to it.

Qianjie coffee also has beans from Kenya AA, Kenya asali and Karoguto are all from Kenya AA. It is recommended that the hand brewing parameters are 90-92 ℃, the ratio of powder to water is 1:15, and the brewing time is two minutes and 20 seconds. The entrance is bright sour virgin fruit, honey-like sweetness.

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