What is Kenya PB Coffee Bean? Kenya Coffee

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Kenya (Kenya) is located in eastern Africa, adjacent to Ethiopia, the "source of coffee". Despite the fertile soil, coffee was first grown in the country when Bourbon (also known as French mission, to commemorate the introduction of French missionaries) was introduced from Brazil in 1893; like the story of "go left, go right", coffee did not move inland to the south but to the Red Sea. After hundreds of years of spread, after settling down and mutating all over the world, he returned to his hometown, the Great Rift Valley (The Great Rift Valley).

Coffee auction ensures the interests of farmers

The Coffee Exchange (Coffee Exchange) in Nairobi, the capital, holds auctions every Tuesday during the harvest month. About 50 government-approved exporters in the country classify and rate coffee batches, send samples to potential foreign buyers for cup evaluation, and bid later. There are also foreign companies entrusting approved market agents (marketing agent) to conduct direct transactions (Direct Trade). All steps are clear and transparent, and are regulated by Kenya Coffee Agency Coffee Board of Kenya to ensure that all payments after deducting costs go to farmers.

There are many kinds of coffee, and each has its own grade. If you want to have a cup of coffee, there are many different choices. Among them, beans in the same producing area are divided into several grades, and consumers who do not have a clear understanding of this will look a little dizzy, so the editor collected some grading information about Kenyan coffee beans to share with you.

The quality of Kenyan coffee is strictly controlled, and it is divided into AA,AB,C,E,PB,TT,T,ML,MH according to size, particle and shape. These grades mainly distinguish the shape and size of beans, but not absolutely represent the quality of beans. Many people believe that beans with larger grains contain more oil that produces the aroma of coffee, and because of this, beans with larger grains are more expensive in the market.

Take Kenya's AA as an example. In the same grade of beans, the highest grade is manor beans, followed by "+". Then, according to the general AA,AB grade, the AA,C grade is smaller, and the E grade is extra-large elephant beans. TT, T, ML, and MH are local non-flowing beans.

PB (Peaberry Dou)

In particular, round beans (PB) are usually produced at the end of coffee trees that bloom too late or too early. Because the yield is rare, accounting for only 10% of the output, the round beans produced by the same coffee tree are more expensive than other flat beans (Flat Bean). When round beans are specially collected together, defective beans are mostly removed, the proportion of defects is reduced, and the particles tend to be more consistent, making the baking more uniform and taste improved.

As for the distinction of quality, Kenya uses the digital grading method to distinguish the quality of coffee, but this digital grading method is not much publicized, so few people know about it. Therefore, the classification is based on particles, and the PB with different shapes is about the same as AA, but if it is manor or +, it is two or one grade respectively. For example, AB manor beans are about the same as AA+ and PB+.

Due to the different production conditions every year, it will directly improve the quality of coffee beans, grading is for reference only.

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