A brief introduction to the process of Coffee and Soybean Honey treatment how much pectin is retained to make it sweet enough

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Qianjie-A brief introduction to the treatment of coffee and honey

What is honey treatment?

Honey treatment, called HoneyProcess or Miel Process, called Honey Coffee, does not mean that coffee beans are covered with honey. The "honey" here refers to the mucous layer of coffee pulp. After harvest, coffee cherries peel off the outer pericarp with a peel machine, leaving the pulp after the sun, so that the sweetness of the pulp can enter into the beans, and it does not have to take as long as the sun method, which is a popular treatment at present.

The production process of honey treatment is complex and laborious. If not properly controlled, the whole batch of beans will have the smell of overripe fermentation rot, but the coffee beans made well will also have a relatively high sweetness. The advantage of honey treatment is that it can reduce the acidity of beans and the aroma is more delicate, but this is the taste when honey treatment is carried out perfectly. If it is not carried out well, it will taste bad acetic acid, like onion or garlic.

Even if the implementation is quite good, it will still smell a little muddy, the aftertaste will be less clean, and the miscellaneous smell will be heavier than the general washing method. Therefore, on the whole, the risk of honey treatment is much higher than that of general wet treatment. The taste difference between honey treatment and washing treatment: higher sweetness than washing, higher sugar content, and relatively higher alcohol thickness (under the premise of the same baking degree), so that the coffee retains the cleanliness of washing treatment, although the brightness of coffee has decreased, but increased sweetness and caramel taste.

First, in the process of drying, since the sticky pulp layer is still on the coffee beans, it must be turned frequently in the first few days to prevent the coffee beans from sticking together. Therefore, much more labor is needed than the ordinary washing method.

Second, if it cannot be dried as soon as possible, it will easily be overfermented.

Third, if the coffee beans are not turned enough or the overall environment is too wet, or if the sticky pulp layer is left too thick, the coffee beans will easily get moldy, so some coffee farms will use machines to control the thickness of the sticky pulp layer left behind, so that the coffee beans can be dried more quickly, and their overall taste will be more consistent.

4. compared with the water washing method, it needs more space and takes longer days to dry.

According to the different degree of honey treatment, honey-treated coffee can be divided into white honey treatment, yellow honey treatment, red honey treatment and black honey treatment.

White honey: retain 20-30% pectin; according to the drying thickness and turning times, the drying time is short.

Knowledge expansion: honey treatment is a treatment between tanning and washing. It keeps the coffee clean by washing, and because it is dried with pulp pectin, it increases the sweetness of coffee and the sweetness of caramel.

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