Flavor characteristics of honey-treated coffee beans yellow honey red honey black honey describe how to cook coffee beans treated with honey

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Some plantations that had not previously used honey to process coffee beans had to use the tools available to process coffee. Since green bean processing plants in most regions, such as Latin America, Kenya and Ethiopia, used to transport green coffee beans with water, coffee beans lose some of their mucous membrane during transportation.

In Nicaragua part 3. Introduce the three processing methods of coffee fruit to green beans (sun method, washing method, honey treatment coffee bean method) and the unique "wine honey treatment method" of Anjing Manor. Today, let's talk about the classification of coffee beans after honey treatment.

As mentioned earlier, honeyed coffee beans are a process intermediate between solarization and washing. It keeps the coffee clean from washing, and because it is sun-dried along with the pulp mucosa, it greatly increases the sweetness and caramel flavor of the coffee (the pulp mucosa is extremely high in sugar). Honey-treated coffee beans first appeared in Costa Rica in Central America, mainly because of the lack of water resources in some high-altitude areas of Central America, so the coffee fruit was sun-dried together with the pulp mucosa after using the pulp sifter.

Honey treated coffee beans are graded according to the degree of pulp retention in 3 categories (from most to least): yellow honey, red honey, black honey

Yellow (Honey Amarillo)

The illumination time of yellow honey treated coffee green beans was the longest. Longer exposure means higher heat, so the coffee dries within a week. In general, coffee drying time depends on local climate, temperature and humidity conditions.

Red (Honey Rojo)

The drying time of red honey treated green coffee beans is 2-3 weeks, usually due to weather or placed in a dark place. If the weather is fine, growers shade some of the sun to reduce the amount of light.

Black (honey)

The drying time of black honey treated coffee beans in dark place was the longest, and the shorter the light time was, the drying time was at least 2 weeks. Black honey-treated green coffee beans are the most complex to process (due to the longer drying time, it takes longer to check to prevent mold fermentation), and the most expensive because of the highest labor costs.