Blue Mountains of Cuba| Crystal Mountain Coffee Cubita| Recommended for sun and water treatment?

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Cuba's Blue Mountain | Crystal Mountain Amber Coffee Cubita | recommended for tanning and washing?

In Cuba, the cultivation of coffee is regulated by the state. The best coffee growing area in Cuba is located in the Central Mountains. Because this area not only grows coffee, but also produces quartz, crystal and other precious minerals, it is also known as Crystal Mountain. Crystal Mountain is adjacent to the Blue Mountains of Jamaica, with similar climatic conditions and taste similar to Blue Mountain Coffee, comparable to the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. Therefore, the Cuban Crystal Mountain has become the object of comparison with the Jamaican Blue Mountains, which is also known as the "Blue Mountains of Cuba".

Cuba Crystal Mountain represents coffee is Cubita, the Chinese name: Amber Coffee. It also has a high reputation in the coffee industry. Crystal Mountain Coffee in Cuba ranks among the top several in the world. Cubita adheres to the principle of perfect coffee, only making individual coffee, picking coffee beans by hand, plus washing coffee beans to ensure the quality of coffee. Cubirta is like an elegant princess, with the characteristics of nobility, tenderness and grace. The balance is excellent, the bitter taste and the sour taste are well matched, and there will be a delicate, smooth, fresh and elegant feeling in the taste. At present, Crystal Mountain Cubita Coffee is synonymous with top Cuban coffee. Cubita has become the designated coffee of the Cuban embassy, known as "unique Caribbean flavor coffee" and "special coffee beans among island coffee beans".

In 1748, coffee was introduced into Cuba from Domiga, and Cuba began to grow coffee ever since. With fertile land, humid climate and abundant Rain Water, Cuba can be called a natural treasure land for coffee cultivation. The suitable natural conditions provide a favorable natural environment for the growth of coffee trees, and coffee is well planted and developed here. In Cuba, the cultivation of coffee is regulated by the state. The best coffee growing area in Cuba is located in the Central Mountains. Because this area not only grows coffee, but also produces quartz, crystal and other precious minerals, it is also known as Crystal Mountain. At present, Crystal Mountain Coffee is synonymous with top Cuban coffee.

In Cuba, most of the coffee beans are picked by hand. Coffee beans are picked about every half a month during the ripening period. Cubita coffee beans are all picked by hand, using water washing refining method to remove defective beans and other impurities to the maximum extent. During or after picking, coffee beans are classified and those immature and bad beans are removed to ensure the quality of the coffee. Cubans usually deal with coffee beans in two ways-tanning and washing. Tanning is the simplest, cheapest and most traditional way to treat coffee, which is to let the coffee fruit dry in the sun but not ferment. The general drying time is about four weeks. The washing rule makes the aroma of the fruit more into the coffee beans, thus adding a coarse fruit aroma to the coffee. The raw beans of Cubita coffee are selected from the pollution-free Crystal Mountain coffee beans in the high altitude area of Cuba. The particles of coffee beans are strictly selected according to the standard of sieve 17-19. The selected coffee beans have large particles and high maturity.

Cuba is like a crocodile crouching in the Caribbean, her tail brushing right on the Tropic of Cancer. Cubans have always been known for their enthusiasm, but they are also very sincere and stubborn. The same is true of the coffee they produce, which has always been carried out in accordance with the washing standards of Arab coffee, and they have always followed their unique traditional methods of making coffee.

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 time when the water is cut off.

Flavors: nutty, toast, apricot, caramel, sugarcane, maple syrup, Body, cocoa, chocolate finish.