What are the characteristics of delicious coffee beans? What kind of coffee do you recommend?

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These days, it is said that those who know how to drink coffee must drink individual coffee. On the one hand, this is to respect and support the coffee growers of the country of origin, and on the other hand, it is also to appreciate the local characteristics thousands of miles away through a cup of coffee. Yes, single coffee has the effect of this artifact. Coffee beans from a single producing area are made into coffee, pure coffee without sugar or milk, with strong flavor characteristics, fresh and soft taste, or mellow and smooth taste, etc. In short, each has its own advantages and there are absolutely no similarities.

Single coffee refers to the coffee produced by the same variety of coffee beans harvested in the planting area of a single origin, which is called single coffee!

Individual coffee is related to the place of origin, the coffee beans from the same place are generally divided into many grades, the largest is divided into fine coffee and non-boutique coffee, non-boutique coffee is also distinguished in the commercial grade, the grade is linked to the price!

Individual coffee beans generally need to be traced back to the place of origin, different regional customs will create coffee beans themselves with obvious regional characteristics! And it traces not only the planting area where coffee beans are produced, but also coffee ranchers, coffee processing plants, and trader warehouses, which are particularly important to the quality of coffee beans!

There are many treatment methods, such as water washing, sun exposure, honey treatment and so on. now there are some treatment methods of probiotic fermentation, and the flavor of the same bean will be different in different treatment methods.

Baking degree: roughly divided into shallow, medium and deep, of course, can be subdivided, basically shallow baking slightly sour, deep baking taste heavy, alcohol thickness is high.

Species and main producing areas

01

Kinds

Coffee tree as a plant, it has a lot of tree species, about 70 kinds, we mainly drink Arabica and Robusta two kinds. (the output value of Liberian species is so low that it is no longer discussed.)

There are many refined varieties of Arabica, and they are also beans that make individual coffee, such as Ironka, bourbon, Blue Mountain and Kilimanjaro, all of which are branches of Arabica.

Robusta species (commonly known as "Luodou") is actually a branch of Canefa species, slowly become synonymous with Canefa species, Luodou is more bitter; er, generally used for instant coffee, caffeine content is also relatively high.

02

Main producing areas

The growing area of coffee is mainly distributed between 25 °south latitude and 25 °north latitude with the equator as the center, which is also known as the "golden coffee belt". (are you familiar with the slogan?) because there are so many kinds of coffee in the coffee bar, I choose a few that you can often see in the coffee bar to write about its basic flavor characteristics, so that it is convenient for everyone to choose. (as mentioned earlier, factors such as the way of handling, the degree of baking and the skill of baristas all affect the final flavor, so the introduction here is only the most basic and will not make much difference. )

1. Manning

The Sumatra Islands, the main producing area of Indonesia, taste rich and smooth, with a bitter taste similar to black chocolate, as well as sweet and slightly sour.

two。 Yega snow caffeine

Ethiopia (Ethiopia), the fruit flavor is obvious, with a wine-like sour taste, if you can not drink very bitter coffee can start with this bean. (it's also my favorite drink)

3. Brazil

Brazilian beans taste mellow, sour, nutty, chocolate sweet and mellow, but slightly woody and earthy, with no obvious floral and orange aromas. South American beans usually drink Columbia.

4. Colombia

Colombian beans are generally well-balanced, full of mellow thickness, caramel sweetness and a certain degree of fruit acidity.

5. Guatemala

The coffee here often has a charcoal flavor, and the acidity of the coffee is clearer. The estates at high elevations have good coffee with excellent flavor.

6. Kenya

Kenya coffee has a strong berry aroma, as well as dark plum juice and grapefruit acid aroma, as well as sugar cane sweet aroma, overall moderate acidity, rich aroma.

7. Yunnan, China

Yunnan coffee beans planted at an altitude of 1000~2000 meters, fertile soil, sufficient sunshine, abundant rainfall, large temperature difference between day and night, these excellent attributes of the achievement of Yunnan small coffee. This coffee is strong but not bitter, has aroma, with honey processing method can have chocolate, toffee sweet feeling, but also a little sour feeling. In recent years, Yunnan beans have slowly been understood and loved by everyone.

Of course, there are many types, but also a lot of good beans, such as some red label, blue label rose summer, bidding class beans, etc., entry is more luxurious (100 grams 100 yuan). Professional shops have them. There are also many combinations of beans, which can create rich flavors (but that is not a single item). There are a lot of other coffee tips to talk about later. If you are interested in single-item coffee beans, you can directly scan the public account of Qianjie Coffee and WeChat to explore together ~

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