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Qianjie wants to introduce a sun-treated coffee, the variety may be unfamiliar to many people, the manor is located in the new producing area of Guatemala, but the manor has entered the top three of the COE competition for three years in a row, so you can see that the quality of this coffee is good enough. This variety, called Patch, is a natural variety of iron pickup, and solarization is a rare treatment in Guatemala, while this variety has the good flavor and taste of the tin card variety, with the sour and sweet fruit and the mellow taste of nuts. it also has a caramel-like sweetness and a balanced taste.

Guatemala is located in Central America, where the geographical environment is unique, with North America in the north and South America in the south. Facing the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, the climate is relatively hot and humid, and it has always been an important coffee producing area in the world. Guatemala coffee belt is distributed over 1500 meters, latitude 14-16 degrees north, the easiest to grow very hard beans. There are seven major producing areas in Guatemala, of which New Oriental is the youngest. Rain Water is abundant here and belongs to the rain forest region with Koban, but the moisture and rainfall are slightly slower. This area was once the poorest place in Guatemala, and it was not until the 1980s that mountain residents were fully convinced that there was a strong demand for boutique coffee, bringing it back to life.

Guatemalan variety

Guatemalan varieties are mainly bourbon, iron pickup, Kaduai, Kaddura, today Qianjie coffee introduces beans is a variety of iron pickup-Patch. Patch is a natural mutant of iron pickup. The plants are smaller, so they can be planted more densely and get higher yields. It is suitable for planting in areas with an altitude of more than 1200 meters and an annual rainfall of less than 2500 mm. The variety was discovered in 1949 at Brito Farm in Santa Rosa Santa Cruz Naranjo, Guatemala.

Little Blueberry Manor

Blueberry Manor is one of the top three manors in Guatemala's COE competition for three consecutive years (2015% 2, 2014% 3, 2017% 4). It is one of the highest and most powerful manors in Guatemala. The owner of the manor professionally manages the farm, challenging to grow coffee at 2300 meters, as well as the limit that the higher the Arabica, the better the flavor. And in recent years in various competitions to show a very strong strength.

Because of the extremely high height, the producing area can only be reached through two clouds. The cold climate breeds extremely tough fruit and gives birth to excellent coffee flavor. The owner of the manor grows different varieties of coffee in different sections of the farm, and the flavor and taste of the coffee is also slightly different. The Pache cultivated here can bring out cocoa and thick taste, which is a rare batch of sun drying in Guatemala. The coffee has a strong flavor of black cherry and blueberry, which is worth tasting.

Qianjie baking suggestion machine: roaster Yang family 800N semi-direct fire

Because Patch's beans are in excellent condition in the sun, and the raw beans have a strong fruit flavor, the Qianjie coffee baker uses light baking to highlight its flavor. When the furnace temperature is preheated to 170℃, the throttle will fire after opening 3J30s, and the firepower will be adjusted to 140. the throttle will not change when the temperature is 330s. When the temperature is 103.4 ℃, the firepower will not change and the throttle will open to 4. Turn yellow in 5 minutes, the smell of grass disappears, enter the dehydration stage, the firepower is reduced to 120, and the throttle remains 4. Adjust the firepower to 100 at 176℃, the throttle will not change. After dehydration, the bean surface appears wrinkles and black markings, and the taste of toast changes to coffee, which is a prelude to an explosion. At 9: 00 / 39 / 20, the air throttle was fully opened and the firepower was adjusted to 70. After an explosion, the development time is 1pm / 39th / 30th, to 195.4 ℃ / min.

Cup test report of Qianjie coffee

Patch, Blueberry Manor, Guatemala.

Producing area: new Oriental

Manor: little Blueberry Manor

Height: 1500-2500 m

Variety: Patch

Award: top three estates in COE, Guatemala for three consecutive years

(2015% 2, 2014% 3, 2013% 2; 2017% 4 position 2018% 3)

Qianjie coffee brewing suggested filter cup: Hario V60 water temperature: 90 ℃ powder / water ratio: 1:15 grindness: BG#6s

Front street coffee Guatemala Patch brewing method: steaming 30 grams of water for 30 seconds, injecting water to 125 grams in sections, continuing to inject water to 225 grams when the water level is about to expose the powder bed, and removing the filter cup when the water level is about to expose the powder bed. (the time of steaming starts) the extraction time is two minutes.

Flavor description: when grinding, you can smell strong aromas of nuts, spices and some slight aromas of fermented berries. When hot, the entrance is more balanced, with a little aroma of fermented fruit, black rice tea, with the flavor of nuts and almonds; after the temperature comes down, there is the sour and sweet of citrus, berries and ripe fruits, and the sucrose is long-lasting, sweet and balanced as a whole.