Comparison of flavor characteristics of Panamanian blue standard, green standard, red rose summer coffee and jadeite manor rose summer story

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Speaking of the rosy summer coffee beans of the Panamanian Emerald Manor, many guests in front of the street will ask this question, what is the difference between the red mark, the green mark and the blue mark. In fact, to put it simply, it is to distinguish the grade of Rosa coffee beans according to the altitude, with the highest altitude planted with the red mark and the lowest with the blue mark.

Panamanian Emerald Manor is not only the discoverer of rose summer flavor, but also the promoter of rose summer coffee. From their introduction of rose summer varieties, we can see that they attach importance to rose summer and the guarantee of its quality. When it comes to the quality control ability of the jadeite manor, Qianjie coffee has to mention the grading system of the jadeite manor. The Jade Manor created its own hierarchical system, dividing the rose coffee beans into three grades: red mark, green mark and blue mark.

There are three different grades of rose summer coffee beans on the front street coffee bean list, but Qianjie coffee seldom recommends rose summer coffee beans unless requested by guests. Qianjie Coffee does not feel that the rose summer of the Jade Manor is bad, but because the rose summer of the Jade Manor is very good, and its quality is among the best in the world. Qianjie takes into account that not all guests have a certain understanding of the flavor of Rose Summer. Some of the guests who come to Qianjie even drink hand-made coffee for the first time, if they start with the best category, then other coffee is basically mediocre. Qianjie coffee is more recommended to taste step by step, so as to form a certain coffee flavor cognition, and slowly discover the richness of the coffee world.

Panamanian coffee

The climate makes coffee in Panama. Bordering Costa Rica and Colombia, Panama's east-west environment allows cold air to flow through the Central Mountains and converge at more than 6500 meters above sea level, thus creating a very unique microclimate in the Poquet Boquete and Kendra Piedra de Candela region, with temperatures and rainfall suitable for plant growth, which is the main producer of Panamanian coffee. In addition to the climate, the land around this area is rich in nutrients, and the fertile soil provides perfect conditions for the growth of coffee, creating a large number of unique, high-quality coffee.

In addition to natural factors, there is another important factor for Panamanian coffee to attract worldwide attention. At the end of the 20th century, Qianjie Coffee felt that the development of coffee in Panama could be said to have come all the way with a golden spoon. Because at the end of the 20th century, the United States helped Panama build a canal, but also independently controlled for a period of time, when a large number of American elites went south to Panama, on the one hand, to work needs, on the other hand, to tap business opportunities. The Emerald Manor is the witness of this elite trend era.

Panamanian coffee producing area

There are three main coffee producing areas in Panama: Poquet Boquete, Walken Volcan and Renasimian Renacimiento. The Emerald Manor is located in the Pokuit producing area.

Boquete is a town of Chiriqui in the province of Ricki, located near the border between Panama and Costa Rica, close to the famous Baru Baru volcano, with rich and fertile soil, climate and soil that are suitable for producing quality coffee. The microclimate in the Poquet Heights is a unique and important resource for boutique coffee in this region.

Jadeite Manor La Esmeralda

In 1964, Rudolph Peterson, an American banker, retired, moved to Panama and bought the emerald estate in Poquet, initially dominated by dairy. Then his son Price resigned as a doctor to help his father run the farm, introduced Kaddura and Kaduai coffee beans in 1987, set up a washing plant in 1994, and has had its own coffee processing plant ever since.

At present, the Emerald Manor mainly has three manors to grow rose summer varieties: veil El Velo, Cannes Vidis Caas Verdes, Haramillo Jaramillo. Haramillo Jaramillo, which has a superior geographical environment and good flavor of the original coffee variety, was bought in 1996. Veil El Velo was acquired by Jade Manor in 2012. Qianjie Coffee believes that the acquisition of a high-altitude manor like Jade Manor was a unique decision at that time, which made it possible for the Jade Manor to occupy a certain position in the coffee industry.

Among them, Haramiyo Manor is a manor planted with rose summer varieties. Because of its low yield, the former owner only used it as a windbreak tree, and it was not until it was acquired that it was found to have a distinctive flavor. Qianjie Coffee feels that this is the charm of Rose Summer. The worse the environment, the better the flavor.

Although the Jade Manor found coffee beans with flavor at the beginning, in order to be accurate, the coffee beans in different areas of the garden were tested, and the planting plots were determined according to the elevation. That's why we now know the red, green and blue summer grades, all of which are graded according to altitude. Qianjie Coffee will explain this part in detail below.

After winning the championship of BOP in the Panamanian bean competition in 2004, it was later identified by experts that the coffee bean was a rose summer variety of Ethiopia. Since then, the Peterson family has focused most of its efforts on developing infrastructure to support excellent batch separation and fine processing.

Plot division of rose summer varieties in jadeite manor

High-quality Rose Summer is mainly produced in two plots, Haramillo Jaramillo and Cannas Vidis Canas Verdess.

The annual rainfall of Jaramillo in Haramy is 4000ml, the average temperature in daytime is 19-25 ℃, the average temperature at night is 11-15 ℃, and the average altitude is 1600-1700m. The Haramiyo site is subdivided into five small plots: Mario (Mario), Noria (Ferris wheel), Reina (queen), Bosque (forest) and Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires).

The annual rainfall of Cannes Vidis Canas Verdess is 3500ml, the average temperature in daytime is 16-23 ℃, the average temperature at night is 10-15 ℃, and the average altitude is 1600-1800m. Cannes consists of nine small plots: Lino (flax), Coronado (coronation), Fundador (founder), Le ó n (Leon), Montaa (peak), Trapiche (sugar), Chinta (urn), Cabaa (cabin) and Tumaco (Tumako).

Veil El Velo is the latest purchase of the Jadeite Manor, with an average elevation of 1700-1900m. In addition to planting Rosa and Kaduai, the site also has a small number of other exotic species, such as Laurina, Pakamara, Mocha and SL28. The veil is divided into seven small plots, namely: Guabo, Port ó n (Portal), Durazno (Peach), Higuer ó n (fig tree), Higo (fig), Buena Vista (Buena Vista) and guila (Eagle).

Rose summer red mark, green mark, blue mark

Qianjie Coffee believes that the biggest difference between the marketing strategy of the Jade Manor and other manors is that it is divided into five brands according to the cup test performance and the varieties and plots planted. There are three brands of Rose Summer varieties: jadeite Special selection (Esmeralda Special), Private Collection (Private Collection) and Rosa 1500 (Geisha1500). Kaduai has two brands: Diamond Hill (Diamond Mountain grows) and Pamela (Palmyra).

Red label Rose Summer

The rosy summer specially selected by jadeite is the red sign we often hear. The rose beans, which are planted at 1600-1800 meters above sea level and with a cup test score of more than 90 points, are produced in two producing areas of Haramiyo (Jaramillo) and Canas Vidis (Canas Verdes).

The independent bidding held by the Jade Manor itself, in the divided plots, the Rose Summer batch that was put forward for bidding is the red bid. Guests often ask whether the competitive red bid is good to drink or the red bid is good to drink. In fact, the non-competitive red bid and the competitive red bid belong to the same plot. The difference lies in whether they participate in the bidding or not. Qianjie coffee thinks that it is not necessary to drink the bidding grade, first, the price is really high, and second, if you just want to try, the red mark is also a good choice.

This grade of rose summer is treated in the sun or water, with special, bright floral and citrus aromas.

Green label Rose Summer

Private collection, commonly known as green standard, is not a batch of independent competitions, planting rose summer varieties that do not participate in bidding but are still of excellent quality. Micro-batch mixed beans from different plots such as Jaramillo and Canas Verdes were planted at 1600-1800 meters above sea level.

People often ask what is the difference between a red sign and a green one. Qianjie Coffee gives the most easy-to-understand answer, that is, which small plot can be traced back to the red mark, while the green mark is that the mixed beans are untraceable. Because the mode of mixed beans is adopted, it is not specified in detail on the plot, so sometimes the flavor of the green mark is very similar to that of the red mark, but the next product may be different. Qianjie coffee feels like buying a lottery ticket. Maybe the batch you drink this time is the taste of the red mark.

Although the green standard is not as high as the red standard, it still has the classic flavor of Rose Summer, floral, fruity, sour citrus, thick and juicy taste. The green sign of rose summer is also washed or tanned.

Blue label Rose Summer

Rose summer 1500 this brand is our common blue standard rose summer. Choose mixed beans from three different plots: Jaramillo, Canas Verdes and El Velo, which are 1400-1500 meters above sea level. Flavor micro-flower fragrance, fruit sour, sweet, taste is not thick, blue standard rose summer only washing treatment.

Baking suggestion

Qianjie roasted these three different grades of rose summer coffee beans, the main idea is to highlight the rich fragrance of rose summer flowers and bright and changeable fruit acid characteristics, using shallow baking methods. However, Qianjie takes into account the different growth environment of each level, and the baking details also need to be adjusted accordingly.

[red Standard Rose Summer]

The furnace temperature is 150 ℃, the firepower is 120, and the throttle is set at 3; the temperature recovery point is 1 ", and the throttle is opened to 4 at 140℃, and the firepower remains unchanged; when the furnace temperature is 147.6 ℃, the bean meter turns yellow, the grass smell disappears completely, and enters the dehydration stage; when the furnace temperature reaches 150 ℃, the firepower is adjusted to 100, and the throttle remains unchanged.

The smell of toasted bread has obviously changed to the smell of coffee, which can be defined as a prelude to an explosion. At this time, it is necessary to listen carefully to the sound of the explosion point, when the sound of the explosion point begins to explode, the throttle opens to 4, and after the explosion, the development of the ℃ after the explosion begins.

[Green Label Rose Summer]

When the furnace temperature is 160℃, put it into the pot, fire power is 110, air door is opened 3; when the furnace temperature is 140℃, open the air door to 3.5, fire power is not changed; when the furnace temperature is 153.3℃, the bean surface turns yellow, the grass smell disappears completely, enter the dehydration stage, when the furnace temperature reaches 161℃, adjust the fire power to 90, and the air door is not changed;

The smell of toasted bread has obviously changed to the smell of coffee, which can be defined as a prelude to an explosion. At this time, it is necessary to listen carefully to the sound of the explosion point, when the sound of the explosion point begins to explode, the throttle opens to 4, and after the explosion, the development of the ℃ after the explosion begins.

[blue label Rose Summer]

Enter bean temperature 180 ℃, turn yellow point 5 times 39 percent 20 ", 151.6 ℃, burst point 8 percent 39 percent 30 percent, 181.8 ℃, develop 1 percent 28 percent after one explosion, 190 ℃ out.

Test the flavor by cup

[red Standard Rose Summer]

Dried incense: Jasmine, citrus

Wet fragrance: citrus, lemon, honey

Entrance: lemon, honey, berries, orange peel, mango, cream, citrus, tea

[green label Rose Summer]

Dried incense: Jasmine, ginger

Wet fragrance: lemon, sweet orange

Entrance: lemon, orange, honey, cream, almonds, tea

[blue label Rose Summer]

Dry fragrance: flower fragrance, citrus

Wet fragrance: citrus, lemon

Entrance: citrus, lemon, honey, nuts, tea

How to make Rose Summer Coffee in Qianjie

Grade

Red mark

Green label

Blue mark

Altitude

1909-2069m

1600-1800m

1500m

Treatment method

Insolation

Water washing

Water washing

Baking degree

Shallow baking

Shallow baking

Shallow baking

Qianjie Coffee Jade Manor Red Standard, Green Standard, Blue Standard Rose Summer Cooking suggestion:

The recommended brewing parameters for Qianjie coffee are: Hario V60 filter cup, 90 ℃ water temperature, 15 g powder quantity, 1:15 powder-water ratio, grindability BG#4Q (the pass rate of Chinese standard No. 20 sieve is 80%).

Qianjie takes into account that these rose summer beans are lightly roasted, and the dissolution rate of light roasted beans is lower than that of deep roasted beans, so in order to ensure that the flavor of rose summer can be fully extracted, higher water temperature is used for brewing. At the same time, a finer degree of grinding is also selected.

Grinding this piece, the front street is determined by screening this method, according to the grinding advice provided by the American boutique coffee association SCA for hand-made coffee, and then combined with the actual operation verification, using different grinding degrees to brew, the finished products have a significant gap, and the grinding degree of each coffee bean will be different, this is the significance of screening.

If you don't have a sieve at home, Qianjie Coffee suggests observing the speed of the water to judge that if the flow is too fast, it is coarse, and if the flow is too slow, it is fine.

[cooking technique]

Qianjie coffee uses staged extraction, also known as three-stage brewing, steaming with 30 grams of water for 30 seconds, small water injection around the circle to 125 grams for stages, water level drop to 225 grams when the powder bed is about to be exposed, remove the filter cup when the water level drop is about to expose the powder bed, (steaming starts timing) the extraction time is 2 grams 3900 ".

Flavor description

[red standard] there are bright roses, citrus aromas, black rice, berries, apricots, compound fruits, honey, thick juice, rich flavor, sweet and obvious.

[green standard] the jasmine is full-bodied and sweet, with citrus, berry, juice, cream, green tea, orange peel and cantaloupe as a whole.

[blue label] Flower aroma, with soft sour notes of lemon and grapefruit in the mouth, sweet honey in the middle, sweet oolong tea and brown sugar at the end, clean and bright taste.

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