What is the official grading system of raw beans in Kenya and the description of the flavor characteristics of Kenyan coffee

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Kenya's official raw bean grading system is as follows:

According to the size, shape and hardness of particles, they are divided into seven grades, including E, PB, AA, AB, C, TT and T.

Ermine E is Elephant, English "elephant", but here it does not refer to the elephant bean species in the breed. KenyaE requires more than 18 orders. E is a natural variation of two seeds in the process of growth. Generally, the yield is relatively small, and this grade of commodity is rarely seen in the Taiwan market.

PB: in English, it is called Peaberry, or cowpea or single pea. It is more than 15 mesh. Compared with ordinary flat beans, it is the most individual, unique, wide-roasted and most widely roasted coffee bean among many coffee PB beans, and it is also familiar to friends.

AA:KenyaAA granule size (Screen Size) is between 17 and 18 mesh, this grade of coffee is more affordable and is the most common coffee grade.

AB:KenyaAB particle size in 15-16 mesh, is a mixture of An and B, because the two will be mixed to sell, so it is called AB, the general coffee harvest has more coffee belong to this level.

C: the grain size is 12-14 mesh, which can be regarded as a small grain of beans.

TT: it means soft beans. TT is a light bean selected from AA and AB by air separation machine. Its hardness is not up to standard and is usually defective beans.

T: the particle size (Screen Size) is less than 12 mesh, usually leaving only debris, defective beans, and small beans less than 4.8mm.

Kenya unofficial raw bean grading system is as follows

The raw beans that have not been graded by the official standard are UG (ungrade), where:

The grading system of EMagna, AB, and PB is: UG1

The grading system of Crecalogy and HE is: UG2

Kenyan officials rank them in terms of shape and size, while coffee dealers subdivide them in terms of flavor. It is generally subdivided from AA to AB, divided into AA TOP, AA++, AA+, AB+, FAQ (short for Fair Average Quality, which means "average fair quality", that is, an average standard quality). The best coffee grade is bean-shaped berry coffee PB, followed by AA++, AA+, AA, AB and so on.

Pure Kenyan AA coffee has a wonderful taste and a unique Kenyan BlackBerry flavor. If you buy Kenyan coffee beans of uneven size, you may be buying poor quality adulterated beans.

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