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Qianjie-Introduction to Coffee Honey Treatment

Honey treatment:

What is honey treatment method: on its English original meaning, its scientific name should be "pulp natural", the same as the traditional wet treatment method, it will coffee cherry thick peel removal, retain its underlying mucilage layer (mucilage), then it does not use fermentation to remove the mucilage layer, instead let it take this layer directly dried, and then directly remove the mucilage layer and shell (parchment)

Difficult honey treatment:

1. During the drying process, because the sticky pulp layer is still on the coffee beans, it is necessary to turn the beans frequently in the early days to avoid sticking together, so it requires more manual parts than the normal washing method.

2. If you don't dry quickly, it's easy to overferment.

3. If the turning is insufficient, or the overall environment is too humid and too cold, or the sticky pulp layer is too thick, the coffee beans will easily mold. Therefore, some coffee estates will use machines to control the thickness of the sticky pulp layer, so that the coffee beans can be dried faster, and the overall taste consistency will be better.

4. It requires more space and takes longer days to dry than wet treatment.

Enhancement method:

1. During the first 2-3 days of sun exposure, preferably under 24/7 supervision, the pulp layer is partially dried and the coffee is less likely to have a bad fermentation taste.

2. During the drying process, a raised scaffold can be used to provide better ventilation and less mildew.

3. If dried on patio or terrace, slime from pulp layer will seep into patio, so clean coffee beans before drying them.

Taste characteristics:

The advantage of honey treatment is that it enhances the body and sweetness of coffee (English also known as honey process or miel process), relatively reduce its acidity, and the aroma will be more detailed, but this is when the honey treatment method is perfectly executed taste, if the implementation is not good, drink up will have a bad acetic acid taste, like onion or garlic spicy flavor, even if the implementation is quite good, still will bring some mud taste, the rest of the rhyme is not clean, miscellaneous taste will be heavier than the general washing method, so overall, The honey treatment carries a much higher risk than wet treatment.

Knowledge development: Arabica coffee beans are mainly produced in South America, Central America, Africa and Asia. Yunnan, Hainan and Taiwan in China also have a small amount of Arabica coffee beans.

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