Arabica coffee beans belong to black coffee? what is a single boutique coffee bean suitable for cold American coffee?

We can often look at the words "authentic Arabica coffee beans" in TV commercials, coffee shops and convenience stores. Many people wonder, what are Arabica coffee beans? This article in Qianjie will answer these questions one by one.

What are Arabica coffee beans?

There are three main types of coffee beans in the world, but there are only two main types of coffee beans that are of real commercial value and are widely cultivated: ARABICA and KOBUSTA.

Arabica is a representative variety of Ethiopian origin, accounting for 7075% of the world's coffee production. The cultivation of Arabica species requires very stringent conditions and high requirements for soil. Arabica species need to grow at a height of 800 to 2200 meters without frost, and the higher the altitude is, the significant temperature difference is formed, which delays the ripening of coffee fruit, which is more conducive to the accumulation of flavor substances and fuller aroma development. The microclimate of each coffee producing area provides a variety of growth conditions for Arabica, forming a unique flavor and taste.

Arabica is low in caffeine, about 0.9% to 1.2%, 60% more fat than robusta coffee, and twice as much sugar, so Arabica tastes sweet and soft, with a bit of fruit acidity. Most of the coffee we drink in the shop is made of Arabica coffee beans. Because of its rich aroma and diverse taste, it will be used in various extraction methods such as espresso, hand-brewed coffee, cold-extracted coffee and so on.

What is boutique coffee and individual coffee?

The currently accepted definition of boutique coffee (Specialty Coffee) was put forward by Ms. Erna Knutsen in 1974: boutique coffee is "coffee beans with unique flavor cultivated under special climatic and geographical conditions". This definition distinguishes boutique coffee beans from commercial grade coffee beans. Today, with the development of the industry and market, high-quality coffee beans have more detailed classification and rating, and consumers can also know the detailed traceability information of coffee. Such rare coffee needs to go through strict planting, management, selection, classification, and roasted will show a positive rich aroma. Usually, bakers will choose a relatively shallow baking degree to maximize the flavor level of boutique coffee beans. In order to emphasize that their products are high-quality coffee, which is different from the commercial coffee on the market, many merchants will carry the word "boutique" on the advertising package.

"single coffee Single Origin Coffee" is coffee produced in a single producing area, which can be a producing country, region, cooperative, manor or farm. Coffee harvested in the same batch belongs to single coffee. Single coffee is based on the concept of boutique coffee, the purpose is to emphasize the flavor of the producing area, so single coffee is a kind of boutique coffee. Generally in the coffee shop is often in the form of hand-made products, such as the front street bean list on a variety of hand-brewed coffee beans is a single product coffee beans. In recent years, the concept of single coffee is very popular, and more and more single products are applied to the extraction of Italian coffee.

Qianjie believes that "boutique coffee" and "single coffee" are two different concepts, which is not equal to fine coffee. Individual coffee refers to a single producing area, traceable coffee beans, does not mean the high quality of coffee beans. Boutique coffee emphasizes the high quality of coffee and the display of positive flavor, which is not limited to the source ingredients of raw beans.

High-quality coffee beans recommended to beginners

There is a cost-effective rations bean series on the bean shelf in front street, featuring 7 excellent classic coffee producing areas, covering a number of representative producing areas, varieties and natural treatment methods. The so-called rations and beans, as the name implies, are varieties that have no burden to drink every day, and are very close to the people in price and flavor. Qianjie has selected a number of "facade representatives" so that people can identify the basic flavor of each major producing area. These include Yega Xuefei in Ethiopia, Vivetnango in Guatemala, Whelan in Colombia, half-sun Syrador in Brazil, Tara beads in Costa Rica, wet planer forest in Indonesia and Baoshan in Yunnan, China.

Each type of coffee beans are suitable for hand-flushing, cold extraction, French kettle and other methods of extraction, if you want to taste the most primitive aroma of coffee, Qianjie suggests the best form of black coffee. No matter which extraction method is used, Qianjie believes that the freshness of coffee beans is very important, and the aroma of coffee roasted for more than two months is likely to have been lost, and even excellent extraction methods are difficult to restore the aroma in the cup. In order to make you feel the best taste of coffee, Qianjie only delivers beans that are freshly baked within 5 days, and you can almost start brewing when you receive it.

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