Flavor description of AA Top-grade washed coffee beans in honey cooperative in Kenya Sika producing area

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Product name: class AA Top of Honey Cooperative in Sika, Kenya

(Kenya AA Top Thika Asali Mugaga Cooperative)

Producing area: Sika producing area (Thika)

Producer: honey Cooperative (The Asali Mugaga Cooperative)

Variety: SL28 & SL34

Grade: AA Top

Altitude: average 1700 m

Treatment: washing treatment

Harvest time: NumberA

Flavor description: green apples, berries, caramel, coffee berries sweet,

Bright and juicy, crisp and sweet.

Introduction:

No other country in the world attaches as much importance to the production of high-quality coffee as Kenya, so Kenya can be called the world.

The best model student in coffee-producing countries, because all Kenyan coffee must be handed over to the government after harvest.

The established Kenya Coffee Bureau (Coffee Board of Kenya, CBK) uniformly buys and classifies cups.

Every Tuesday, the officially established Nenobi Coffee Exchange (the Nairobi Coffee Exchange) in the capital

Due to this open system under the overall management of the government, more than 570000 of all Kenyas have been encouraged.

It is not difficult for a small coffee farmer to get a good price as long as he has good quality. In fact, what the Kenyan government did

There is still a lot of support for the effort, and the government provides a large number of small coffee farmers with the skills to grow good coffee.

Coach nearly 300 agricultural transportation and marketing cooperatives (a bit like Taiwan agricultural production and marketing classes) for better handling of raw beans

Kenya Coffee Board (CBK) provides production, quality research, sales, and even financial guidance to the coffee industry.

Focus and educational counseling. It has created the unparalleled charm of the quality and flavor of Kenyan coffee.

Coffee buyers all over the world love it, and Kenya Coffee is also very popular in Taiwan's coffee market.

Surrounded by Mount Kenya (MT. KENYA, volcano) and Elgang Mountain (MT. Elgon), the more famous producing areas

There are Meru, Thika, Nyeri, Nakuru, Embu and so on. The topography of Kenya is complex and changeable, including plateaus, deserts,

Canyons, grasslands, coffee-producing areas spread over the central and southwestern and eastern plateaus 1000 to 2500 meters above sea level

Regions such as the Kenyan Mountains in the middle, Aberdare Zone in the Aberdar region, and Nyansa in the west

(Nyanza), Kasii (Kasii), Bungoma (Bangoma), eastern Kerry state (Kericho)

, Nakuru (Nakuru) The treatment of raw beans is mainly water washing, and the classification is based on particle size.

And its actual value is determined by cup test. The highest grade coffee beans are AA (large granulated beans left on the 7.2mm sieve)

, Grade A (the second largest granulated beans left on the 6.8mm sieve), B (the medium granulated beans left on the 6.2mm sieve),

Grade C (all small granulated beans less than B), PB (oval granulated beans), and too light and too small TT

And T-grade beans. Grade An and B beans are mixed and exported, called AB. The Kenyan authorities (CBK) on coffee beans

People who love coffee because of their high requirements, consistent packaging, good quality and good texture.

Never forget to enjoy a cup of Kenyan Sika coffee.

The planting history of Kenyan Sika coffee dates back to the end of the 19th world, and coffee trees were introduced from Ethiopia, a neighboring country to the north.

After the improvement of our own varieties, the common varieties are bourbon (Bourbon), Ken special (Kents,

SL34, SL28), Tibika (Typica) and Luli 11 (Riuri 11).

Now about 90% of the coffee varieties are SL34 and SL28. Batian, a new variety published in 2007, has not yet

Grow a lot. The vast majority of Kenyan coffee is grown organically without certification because of the use of improved planting techniques.

Chemical pesticides or herbicides are rarely used. All high-end coffee in Kenya is washed with sun-dried beans.

The low-grade products of non-washing treatment (non-washing 39% buni) are for local use only.

This batch of honey cooperatives in Sika, Kenya, grade AA Top is produced in the foothills of the Aberdare Mountains in Kenya.

There is a cooperative in the Great Rift Valley Sika region (Thika), which is connected to Ethiopia in the east.

Coffee produced by the Honey Cooperative (The Asali Mugaga Cooperative), which is

The water treatment plant, made up of 155 small farmers from coffee families, has an annual output of 1200 bags of raw coffee beans.

Coffee comes from coffee beans planted by nearby coffee farmers, with an average of 250 beans per farmer.

Coffee trees, the harvested red fruits are handed over to the washing plant for treatment. The characteristics of the coffee here are

Black millet fruit flavor, flavor description: green apple, berry, caramel, coffee berry sweet,

Bright and juicy, crisp and sweet.