Introduction of World Coffee producing area to Kenya (3)

Coffee planting conditions and producing areas:

Kenya has unique conditions for growing coffee: year-round high temperature in the equatorial region, abundant sunshine, abundant precipitation, obvious dry and wet seasons formed by the savanna climate, coffee-producing areas are mostly highlands of more than 2000 meters, and the soil is rich in organic matter. the cooling formed at night in the highlands formed a moderate temperature difference between day and night. All these superior physical and geographical conditions have created a good foundation for the creation of Kenya, a world-class coffee.

Kenyan coffee producing areas are mostly concentrated near the capital Nairobi, and are also distributed in the northern KAKOMAGA area and near Mount Kenya.

Classification of raw beans:

The coffee beans produced in Kenya are 100%ARABICA and 90 per cent are washed and classified as Colombian moderates in the international coffee market. In order to ensure the quality of coffee is also picked manually, it is generally necessary to pick seven times, picking only those ripe fruits.

The main varieties of coffee beans are:

K7PowerRuiru 11 (80% of total output), SL28,34, etc.

Grade division

Washed beans from PB (Peaberry), AA,AB,C,E,TT,T,UG is divided into eight levels, each level will be more closely divided into ten grades.

AA + +

AA +

AA: 17018 Screen

AB: 15: 16 Screen, 50% of total output

C: 14: 15 Screen, 10% of the total output

E: Elephant, 2% of total output

TT: unqualified beans separated from AA and AB by air flow method

T: the unqualified beans separated from C by air flow method are smaller than TT and have more residual beans.

UG: Ungraded

Dried beans are generally divided into ML and MH.

Dry processed beans of lower quality

MH: buni Heavy = Large Beans

ML: buni Light = Small Beans

Taste characteristics:

Kenyan coffee has a rich and refreshing fruit aroma, beautiful and obvious acidity, high mellow, smooth and full-bodied taste, rich flavor, a cup of Kenya contains almost all the good flavors we can taste from the coffee, more typical, such as chocolate, perfectly fermented red wine, and its beautiful long aftertaste will last for a long time after drinking.