A brief introduction to the types of coffee taste is the taste and flavor of iron pickup coffee the best in boutique coffee?

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Qianjie-brief introduction of Coffee flavors

Single-product coffee refers to the coffee made by coffee beans from a single origin, called single-product coffee.

Individual coffee can be traced back to the origin of coffee, not only the producing country of coffee, but even the land where coffee is produced. By knowing the owner of the coffee farm, going deep into the origin of coffee, understanding the story of the origin of coffee from the source, and purchasing raw beans.

With different regional conditions, coffee beans will have obvious regional characteristics, and the flavor characteristics of coffee beans produced in the three boutique coffee producing areas of Asia, Africa and America are also different, which is the charm of fine coffee.

Individual coffee is related to the origin, can also be divided into boutique and non-boutique coffee, single coffee can also be divided into commercial grade and boutique level.

So, do you know what it takes to have a good cup of coffee?

Although when it comes to ordering a cup of coffee in a cafe, it is not necessary to be as professional and relaxed as a professional coffee review, such as something full-bodied or sour. In this way, the clerk can recommend the most suitable coffee to you according to the taste of your own coffee:

African beans, American beans or Asian beans

Individual coffee is a kind of beans with personality. In general, boutique cafes will have 3-5 or more individual coffee beans for you to choose from:

Usually priority can be given to regions: African beans, American beans, or Asian beans.

Representatives: Manning's bitterness, Yega's citrus-flavored sour, Costa Rican honey-treated sweetness

Then, you can have a brief understanding of several common beans: if you like some sour beans, choose Kenya and Yejasuefei, and choose Blue Mountains and Mantenin if you like to be mellow. There are also some sweet beans, such as Rosa, with floral and sweet potato flavors.

Colombia, Nicaragua and Brazil present chocolate, nuts and caramel.

Ethiopia, Tanzania and Rwanda are sweet, sour, nutty, lemon and sometimes sour

India, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea are botanical, spicy and salty.

Characteristics of Central American bean flavor: the overall flavor of Latin American coffee is famous for its balanced nuts and fruits, but the acidity is not as bright as in Africa and the taste is mellow.

African coffee flavor features: strong aroma and charming fruit acid, its acidity is lively and exciting, but the mellow African coffee is often slightly thin.

Asian beans and island flavor: mellow thickness is higher than Central and South American beans and African beans, but the sour taste is lower, the flavor is slightly sunken wood, herbs, spices and soil, and the low stuffy aroma is higher than the rising sour flavor. Island beans are relatively light and gentle, with a light and elegant tone.

Second, look at the treatment method

Sun exposure: sun-cured coffee beans can make coffee taste more mellow and full-bodied, with the lowest acidity, obvious sweetness, high alcohol thickness and slightly lower cleanliness.

Washing method: washed coffee taste clean without miscellaneous taste, coffee beans usually have a bright sour and fruity, obvious acidity, good cleanliness, medium alcohol thickness, high stability.

Honey treatment is between the two, the overall flavor highlights the sweetness of pectin and fruit tonality, similar to the aromas of mango, longan, honey and hazelnut, taste thick but low acidity, honey-treated coffee, higher sweetness than washing, higher sugar content, in general, the more gum left on the beans, the stronger the sweetness.

Because the drying time of wet planing method is shortened, the fermentation period of coffee beans is shortened, the sour taste is greatly reduced, the alcohol thickness is increased, and the caramel and fruit aroma are obvious, with slightly woody flavor and herbal flavor.

Among the four treatments, the acidity of water washing is the highest, the sweetness and layering of sun method are better, the honey treatment law is between the two, and the wet planing method is bitter.

The sun drying process is to directly expose the whole coffee fruit, while washing is to remove the peel, pulp, pectin and so on before drying. Honey treatment is to peel off the pulp and dry the fruit with endocarp. The wet planing method is very common in Indonesia. The wet planing method is similar to water, but the endocarp is removed when the bean body is wet and soft and the moisture content is as high as 30-35%. Let the surface of raw beans directly exposed, and then continue to dry.

[iron pickup (Typica)]

This is a natural variety of the native species Arabica. At present, the iron pickup is the most common bean seed in the world because the Dutch grew the coffee in Indonesia and then spread throughout Central and South America. The production of iron pickup coffee is small and is extremely vulnerable to rust leaf disease, so most plantations do not grow iron pickup coffee alone. Unlike other beans, the fruit of Tieka coffee is cone-shaped. Iron pickup coffee is of high quality, so it is very popular in plantations all over the world. If planted properly, Tippica coffee has high sweetness, pure taste and pleasant acidity.

Knowledge: Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Bean is a variety of iron pickup.

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