What's the difference between the famous black soul and the black pearl of La Lajas Manor in Costa Rica?

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Lajas is also the first manor in Central America to start honey treatment and natural sun treatment. Tanning is a very traditional practice, which uses the least resources, but because there are too many uncontrollable factors, it is very difficult to do well. Francesca has added many innovations, such as using the sugar meter (Brix meter), which is often equipped in the wine industry, to measure the sugar content of the fruit, and to determine the best time and treatment of harvest according to the sugar content of Brix. Only those with more than 20% sweetness will be exposed to the sun. The Brix value of general fruit is 14 for apple, 12 for lemon and 18 for passion fruit, but the coffee cherry in Lajas can reach 21 Murray 22%. LaHaas not only does the sun, honey treatment, but also has water to wash beans. The beans grown on the farm are Caturra, Catuai and Villa Sarchi, as well as a small number of Kenyan species such as SL28, Obata and so on.

The natural treatment process of French Sika is quite laborious. Hand-harvested high-sugar cherries are first placed in an African viaduct in the sun for about 10 days, and then placed in a plastic cloth-covered greenhouse to create more direct heat and continue to dry. until the water content reaches 11.5%. The slow drying process allows raw beans to develop more natural sweetness from within, but it also needs more careful care and precise calculation of the number of turns. In the end, the red cherries turn black, giving off the aroma of fruitcake, black sugar and even sherry, and it's done.

In the coffee processed by La Lajas, the owner of the manor divides the honey-treated and sunburned coffee into different items according to the flavor. Costa Rican farmers mostly use the peel machine at the washing station to control the amount of residual flesh, but La Lajas decided to do it in a different way. In other words, the highest percentage of the pulp is retained but the exposure and turning time on the African scaffolding is controlled to show different coffee flavors. in the honey treatment, the manor divides the coffee into yellow honey, red honey and black honey.

However, the focus of honey treatment is not sweetness, but plumpness!

The black pearl is dried whole coffee cherries for two weeks to increase the aroma and richness of tropical fruits.

The black soul is the whole coffee cherry dried for three weeks, adding a thick fruit feel and cream chocolate throat rhyme.

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