What's the quality of Arabica and Robusta? are Yega Chevy red cherries good?

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Many people drink coffee but do not understand how coffee is produced. They often hear "Arabica" and "washing", but do not know what it means. According to experts, in the current species classification, there are about 60 species of coffee, but the two species with economic scale and value are mainly Coffea arabica and Coffea robusta.

But in terms of flavor, Arabica has more carbohydrates and citric acid, more flavor precursors, and more sour and rich taste.

Robusta contains more chlorogenic acid and other polyphenols, which has a strong bitter taste and thick feeling.

Red Cherry: the Red Cherry Project is a project to improve the quality of small-scale farms, mainly to encourage soybean farmers and surprise roasters. Trabocca, the largest coffee bean seller in the Netherlands, invited all Ethiopian farms to produce small batches of beans of about 1500-3000 kg (25,050 bags) before the harvest season. Women can only choose fully 100% ripe red cherries. There is a big difference in coffee flavor. So attentive and industrious Ethiopian women are important drivers of the Red Cherry Project.

Operation Red Cherry is also a reinforcing method, which makes the farm pay more attention to the process of selecting beans. The prices of these coffees are also relatively high. Red Cherry Action has water washing, sun-drying beans, half-washing, half-sun, experimental coffee and so on. The main producing areas are Yegashev, Sidamo, Penga Forest, Lekanti, Ken Bata, Iruba, Hara, Lim, and joined Coroja Golocha in 2011 (near Hara). These are unique and can fully show the flavor of Ethiopian beans. Trabocca will choose from the coffee after receiving it. Farms that have passed the cup test quality test in Ethiopia and the Netherlands will pay a large bonus, with a passing score of more than 88 points to become a good coffee for the Red Cherry program. Trabocca, the promoter of the Red Cherry project, invested all the profits made in the past few years in the cooperative farm. Trabocca stressed that this is a plan with no profit, so the company only uses four people, including the boss and secretary, to carry out the Red Cherry project, and other administrative related matters are supported by the parent company to reduce administrative expenses, and all the profits are returned to the cooperative farm.