Panamanian Poquet Chiriki province | the flavor of organic solarization batches of viaduct beds at Los Lajones Manor

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Panamanian Poquet Chiriki province | what is the flavor of the organic elevated bed solarization batch at Los Lajones Manor?

Los Lajones Manor is located on the east side of Mount Baru, directly above the town of Bokuidi. Poquet is a small town 1200 meters above sea level, in Panama's westernmost province of Chiriqu í Province, the famous river Caldera flows slowly through the outskirts of the town by the Baru volcano. The mild climate, fertile young volcanic soil, appropriate rainfall and changeable microclimate make the mountains around Bokui known as the "promised land of coffee".

Los Lajones Estate farm is a century-old small-scale show located in the Boquete butterfly production area. Now the owner, Graciano Cruz Jiaxi, is a serious coffee-loving farmer, and the farm is the first to develop honey treatment. The basic principle of honey treatment is that only fully ripe coffee peaches are harvested, and the sugar content of beans is measured. During the mature harvest period, the peaches are collected every day, and the peaches picked are collected immediately. Remove the peel and pulp but retain the fresh mucous membrane on the bean epidermis, and then spread it on the high bamboo rack. It usually takes 10-12 days to dry the beans. The moisture content of the beans is about 11%. Then wrap the sheepskin to remove the mucous membrane and clear the bean bags. The honey treatment method can really solve the problem of water treatment and daily drying to increase the amount of money. another method can enable small-scale farms to eliminate the problem of picking new peaches, resulting in a decline in the quality of beans, which can really lead to the production of small-scale farms.

The Baru volcano is not only the highest mountain in Panama, the sediments created by early volcanic activity and eruption bring a large amount of fertile soil, which is rich in organic matter, especially rich in phosphorus and sulfur mixed with clay, coupled with unique climate patterns, the region forms an environment suitable for the growth of high-quality coffee, dense forests and many species cause biodiversity. Los Lajones is located on the north side of the old lava flowing from the main crater of Balu, just opposite the highest block of Geisha planted in the Jade Manor. When I visited Los Lajones this year, I came across the second wave of blooming, the beautiful mountain scenery and the pungent scent of flowers. Sometimes I remember that the scent of flowers still seems to linger.

Barnabas coffee is widely used in boutique baking and commercial roasting, while direct coffee is attracted by some small family-run farms in the Boquete butterfly region of Chirqui district Ricki province, whose guaranteed production of different coffee peaches, employs the natives of naughty 39 security Indians coffee Grey aborigines every harvest season, and is employed at the most reasonable salary standard in accordance with the labor laws of Central America.

Legendary Los Lajones Estate organic sun-dried beans, he introduced himself: I grew up in a coffee garden, and I will die in a coffee garden. Graciano often proudly said: I am not only the first Panamanian manor to get organic certification, but also the first coffee farm that does not wash beans at all.

He used the coffee garden as a 4D experience playground, frantically experimenting with various water-free treatments, promoting the advantages of non-water treatment to coffee farmers in Central America, South America, and Africa with missionary enthusiasm, and even came to Taiwan to go deep into the producing areas. In his spare time, he took his surfboard to the seaside for a holiday. He is my good friend and legendary Graciano Cruz-- Gessiano in the boutique coffee industry. Cruz, the following is his portrait. I am very cheerful and laugh a lot.

Few coffee farmers like Graciano, live in coffee occasions in various countries, he is keen to promote honey sun treatment, has a lot of fans around the world, few coffee farmers are willing to go through countries to teach the details and benefits of treatment, and this is Graciano! His two estates are famous for his persistence. It should be said that not only Graciano is famous, but Los Lajones Manor is also famous for producing good quality coffee.

He believes that the traditional washing method not only seriously consumes water resources, is not environmentally friendly, but also is not as sweet as honey treatment. In Los Lajones Manor, only ripe cherries and fruits are harvested without using a drop of water to remove the peel and directly place the fruit on the African scaffolding made of bamboo branches and woven netting. This drying mode is not only uniform, fast, cleaner flavor and softer and more acidic. In particular, the good ventilation and sufficient sunshine of the manor are the driving factors for the success of honey treatment and sunbathing in the manor.

For good sun-cured beans, it is difficult to harvest ripe coffee fruit and sun-drying control tube. The picture below shows the first day of harvesting coffee fruit. You can see that all the ripe coffee cherries are selected. After three days, the color gradually deepens and the fruit will shrink. The changes of dehydration, drying and fruit body fermentation change gradually with temperature, humidity and the degree of turning, which affect the final flavor.

A variety of sweetness, rich sweetness without overripe acid, changeable, complex and elegant flavor

Producing area: Chiliki Chiriqu í

Town: Bokuidi Boquete

Location: Baluhuo Shandong slope

Altitude: 1750-2150 m

Rainfall: annual average 3500 mm

Average temperature: 21 °C

Soil quality: Volcanic clay

Cultivated varieties: Geisha, Pacamara, Tipica, Catuai, Caturra

Manor area: 160 ha (35 ha for coffee planting)

Organic certification: Organic cert. By Bio Latina

The latest prize: 2014 BOP honey treatment, 2013 Best of Panama tanning Geisha runner-up, honey treatment 4th.

Treatment: sun treatment Natural processing, African raised beds

Harvest period: January-April

Flowering: April-June

Dry fragrance: caramel, sweet pineapple, chocolate, sweet spices

Wet fragrance: caramel, honey, sweet fruit, wild berries, flowers

Sipping: very sweet, spice, rich oil, melon, spice chocolate, ripe sweet grapes, rich touch, sweet and lingering aftertaste.

Qianjie recommended cooking:

Filter cup: Hario V60

Water temperature: 90 degrees

Degree of grinding: small Fuji 3.5

Cooking methods: the ratio of water to powder is 1:15, 15g powder, the first injection of 25g water, 25 s steaming, the second injection to 120g water cut off, waiting for the powder bed water to half and then water injection, slow water injection until 225g water, extraction time about 2:00

Analysis: using three-stage brewing to clarify the flavor of the front, middle and back of the coffee. Because V60 has many ribs and the drainage speed is fast, it can prolong the extraction when the water is cut off.