The Story of Rosa Coffee Variety the flavor and taste characteristics of Rosa coffee beans in Panamanian jadeite manor

I don't know if you have heard of it. Some people say that there are only two kinds of boutique coffee beans, one is Rosa coffee beans, and the rest is Arabica coffee. Although it is a very exaggerated joke, it also reveals that Rosa plays an important role in the boutique coffee circle.

What's so special about Rosa Coffee? Why is it so expensive?

Nowadays, even if you don't drink hand-made coffee, you can often hear the name Rosa, which is often associated with the word "expensive" and often tops the list of the most expensive coffee in the world. So why is Rose Summer so expensive?

The Rose Summer Coffee, which is popular all over the world, shows rich and elegant floral aroma, full acidity of citrus, peach and compound fruit, creamy and smooth taste, with the sweet aroma of oolong tea in the aftertaste. The exquisite flavor makes people feel not like drinking coffee, but tasting a cup of fragrant fruit tea. Many articles in Qianjie will mention that as a kind of crop, the flavor performance of coffee is always closely related to variety, climate, altitude, soil, management and other factors, and it is the natural embodiment of varieties and local conditions. what post-processing and baking should do is to maximize the preservation, reduction and display of their true flavor. So rose summer can be so excellent, can not be separated from the combination of the above factors.

As the saying goes, the output of Rosa coffee is extremely rare. Panama produces about 10, 000 tons of coffee a year, while the famous Emerald Manor produces only 150 bags of raw beans, about 9000 kilograms. Rose summer accounts for only 3% of the output, only 270 kg. Coupled with the promotion and rendering of rose summer flavor by various media, everyone's enthusiasm for rose summer has only increased, and the price of rose summer coffee has naturally remained high.

Compared with other Arabica varieties, the rose variety not only has low fruit yield, but also has a particularly fragile plant, and is also very picky about the growing environment. It needs high altitude, fertile soil, clouds or plant shade, not direct exposure. The foliar system of Rosa coffee tree is very thin, that is to say, the efficiency of photosynthesis is very low, the root is still very fragile, and the absorption of water and nutrients is very slow, so the yield of coffee is very low, coupled with the high altitude growth environment, the fruit ripens later. The fruit yield of a rose summer coffee tree is only half that of the Kaddura variety, which is one of the reasons why rose summer is so valuable.

The owner of Bole Jade Manor in Rose Summer once said that the garden needs a large number of shade trees to block the sun for the delicate summer, and traditional pruning should be used at the early stage of planting, otherwise the plant will die easily. The higher the altitude is, the longer the ripening time of coffee fruit is, and the more complex and unique the flavor is. The fruit of Rosa Rosa needs to be harvested at the most appropriate maturity and post-processing immediately. This is a great test for the professional judgment of the manor owner and the manual quality of the manor; failure to grasp the time will lead to quality decline and waste.

Rosa Coffee became famous in the Best Panama Competition

Rosa Coffee has today's ultra-high reputation, which Qianjie believes is largely due to the Emerald Manor in Panama. Daniel, the third-generation owner of the Jade Manor, said that it was only after years of comparison and testing that he finally locked in this variety in 2003. Two weeks before the 2003 Best Panama Competition (BOP), when selecting the entries on the internal cup test table, it was found that Rosa Variety had outstanding flavors such as jasmine, citrus, peach, blueberry, bergamot, sugar cane and other outstanding flavors, which were different from those in the coffee circle at that time, but Daniel still chose to compete with Rosa variety and won the first prize in the competition.

In 2005, General Rose Xia of Emerald Manor participated in the evaluation of the American Fine Coffee Association, that is, SCAA, beat many star seed contestants, won the honor of world-class boutique coffee, and won the world champion in 2006 and 2007, so he once again received the attention of the world coffee people. Since then, coffee producing areas around the country began to introduce rose summer, including our country Yunnan also began to plant this popular variety. Although rose summer can be produced all over the world, Qianjie believes that as the discoverer of rose summer flavor, jadeite manor not only checks the quality of coffee produced, but also uses natural treatment to show the classic "rose summer flavor".

The difference between Red Standard Rose Summer and Green Standard Rose Summer

On the bean list on the front street, there are about 10 choices of Rose Summer Coffee alone. if you drink Rose Summer for the first time, the front street will have the sun red mark or water washing green mark of Amway Jade Manor. The so-called red mark is the jadeite selected grade ESMERALDA SPECIAL (including competitive bidding), and the green standard refers to the private collection PRIVATE COLLECTION.

The highest grade red label picked coffee fruit from Geisha (1600-1800 meters) at high altitude, with a cup score of more than 90 points, mainly from two farms, Jaramillo and Ca ñ asVerdes. Although it is highly faced with the challenges of planting and harvest, the flower and fruit flavor is the most prominent in the Pokuit region. The Jade Manor will hold independent bidding competitions. In the divided plots, the red bid lots for the competition are called competitive bids. The bidding lot will have a unique number, and each number corresponds to the entire lot of a lot. What we hear most often is the Mario (Mario) plot of Jaramillo Farm. The emerald red standard rose summer coffee beans in front of the street are from the Mario plot and are treated by the sun.

In addition, Qianjie is a green grade rose summer with water washing treatment, which shows a more fresh and natural flavor of lemon, berries, grapefruit and Tieguanyin tea. The green mark is selected from micro-batches of coffee beans planted at 1600-1800 meters above sea level and produced in different plots, such as Jaramillo and Ca ñ as Verdess. The green mark will not participate in the bidding, although the grade is not as high as the red bid, but it mainly reflects the iconic classic flavor of high-altitude rose summer.

Qianjie believes that in order to present the classic "rose summer flavor", it is necessary to retain more flower aroma and acid, so the rose summer coffee beans in Qianjie use shallow baking, and the baking curve will be adjusted accordingly according to different treatment methods and different flavors. Through the cup test, Qianjie felt the fragrance of rose, citrus, berry, compound fruit and honey in the red standard of jadeite sun, while the green mark washed showed a fresh and bright rich layer like jasmine, citrus, berry, honeysuckle and oolong tea.

Hand sharing of Qianjie Jade Rose Summer Coffee

Light roasted coffee beans retain more flower and fruit aromas of high altitude coffee beans. Compared with medium and deep roasting, light roasted coffee beans have a more compact internal structure, which requires higher water temperature and finer grinding to better stimulate the flavor substances of coffee. Here Qianjie will be extracted with hot water of 92-93 degrees Celsius, and the grinded Qianjie will use No. 20 standard sieve with a pass rate of 80%, that is, the thickness of fine sugar, and the ek43s bean grinder in Qianjie store has a scale of 10.

The flavor description of each coffee on the front street is based on freshly roasted beans. If the beans have been stored for more than a month, the aroma is likely to have been lost and it is difficult to restore when brewed. Qianjie is also well aware of the importance of freshness, so it will ensure that only coffee beans freshly roasted within 5 days are shipped, so that everyone can enjoy the most complete taste period when they receive it.

Considering the choice of cups, Qianjie believes that the red standard rose summer of Jade Manor should present a rich layer of orange honey, and Qianjie baristas will use V60 filter cups made of resin. The body of the V60 filter cup has a large round hole connecting the diversion ribs at the top and the bottom and the center, which speeds up the flow rate of the water, while the spirally shaped exhaust trough is designed to lengthen the flow path and increase the contact time of coffee powder and hot water. each flow of water converges along the groove to the center of the filter cup, the pressure on the coffee powder is concentrated, and the coffee extracted is more layered.

The following front street demonstration store produces emerald red standard sun roses summer cooking steps, you can refer to and compare their own cooking ideas.

The parameters of red standard rose summer coffee are: filter cup: V60, water temperature: 91-92 degrees Celsius, powder content: 15g, powder-water ratio: 1:16, grindness: fine sugar size (20 sieve bowl sieve powder to 80%)

Three-stage extraction: the first stage is injected with 30 grams of water for 30 seconds, followed by 95 grams (about 125 grams indicated by the electronic scale), and the injection is completed in about 1 minute. When the water level drops to 2pm 3, the remaining 100 grams (about 225 grams shown by the electronic scale) is injected in about 1 minute and 35 seconds. 2: 10 "trickling is completed, remove the filter cup and complete the extraction.

The hand-made jadeite red standard rose summer coffee tastes with elegant acidity of roses, oranges, strawberries and tropical fruits. The flavor of black tea is long-lasting and pleasant, the flavor level varies with the temperature, and the overall taste is smooth.

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