What is white honey, red honey, black honey treatment and their respective flavor characteristics Description

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The honey process is a process intermediate between sun and water washing, most popular in Central America. It combines washing and sun. It removes the skin of the coffee and retains some pectin outside the coffee beans. It then dries and mechanically removes the parchment to obtain the coffee beans.

After removing the outer pulp of coffee beans, it will produce a sticky gelatinous substance, which needs to be washed away with plenty of water by washing treatment method. Due to limited water resources in some areas, this direct drying method has appeared. However, honey treatment method is easy to be contaminated during the treatment process, so it is necessary to closely watch and repeatedly turn it many times during the treatment process to avoid bad fermentation flavor.

Next, do you know what white honey, red honey, black honey processing is, and what is their origin?

According to the thickness of pectin removal and the length of sunlight, honey treatment is divided into white honey, red honey and black honey treatment.

1. Depending on the proportion of pectin retained:

White Honey usually removes 80 -90% of the pectin.

Red Honey basically retains all pectin and has no fermentation.

Black Honey basically retains all pectin and dries at low altitude.

Simply put, white honey leaves less pectin after washing, while red honey and black honey retain more pectin, which makes coffee have a better body.

Second, depending on the length of light and drying time:

Red honey needs to be dried under shade, takes longer to dry, usually develops during cloud cover, and usually takes about 12 days to dry.

Black honey needs to be dried in a more shady place, takes the longest time, usually a little more than a week, and is covered with black plastic tarpaulin. The black honey processing process is the most complicated, but the most expensive.

Third, in terms of flavor:

Black honey processing flavor sour and sweet feeling obvious, with fruit juice flavor.

Red honey processing flavor is more balanced, with grape flavor.

The yellow honey processing flavor is relatively clean, with citrus flavor.

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