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As a fan of baking beans at home, you must have a way to choose the beans you want to bake, bake the beans with the best flavor, and finally make a cup of coffee in the way you want, and maybe your lucky friends and relatives will receive your own beans.

But the purchase of raw beans looks scary. How on earth can I find the right coffee for me? This article provides some simple ways to tell the difference between raw beans and find the coffee that suits your taste.

1. Place of origin:

That is, coffee is grown in what environment, including climate, humidity, soil and so on, which will affect the aroma and flavor of coffee. Slowly narrow the screening conditions from a wider range, and compare beans from different producing countries and different producing areas before comparing the differences between manors and batches.

two。 Variety:

Coffee can be divided into "species" and "varieties", and varieties are listed under species, and differences in varieties will have a great impact on coffee flavor. Tasting yellow bourbon, SL-28 or geisha will bring a completely different sensory experience.

3. Altitude:

Generally speaking, there are lower temperatures at higher elevations, which slows down the growth of coffee fruits, which in turn leads to higher sweetness. In the end, this kind of coffee will have a rich flavor, sweet feeling, and the sour quality will be more wonderful than low-altitude beans.

When considering altitude, don't forget that there are different temperatures in different producing areas. In Hawaii, for example, it is too cold to grow coffee 600 meters above sea level, but Kona is famous in Hawaii. But in Ecuador's Cologne Islands, coffee grown at an altitude of 200 meters can be defined as boutique coffee. These should be taken into account when assessing the altitude of coffee cultivation, especially coffee from different countries or continents.

4. Raw bean treatment:

How coffee beans (coffee seeds) are removed from the fruit.

Sun-treated / dry-treated coffee, the whole fruit will be directly exposed, and then the outer pulp will be removed, making the coffee beans sweeter and more fruity. Water-washed / wet-treated coffee will remove the pulp before drying, so it will have less sweetness, but at the same time, it has a higher flavor cleanliness and brighter acidity. Honey-treated coffee will first partially remove the pulp and retain part of the pectin layer for exposure, which makes honey-treated coffee sweeter and fuller than washed coffee.

In addition to the above three more common treatments, there may also be some treatments, such as monsoon treatment, wet peeling treatment, fermentation test, etc., which usually belong to specific areas, such as monsoon-treated coffee. Will only be stored in warehouses during the wet season in India.

There is nothing better than drinking your own coffee, which expands the range of coffee you can choose from and allows you to explore your favorite coffee that suits you best.

Finally, remember that the research is very helpful, but the best way is to do it yourself. the more coffee you drink and the more you compare, the easier it will be to find out which coffee you like.