Entry-level coffee beans recommend Costa Rica black honey to treat pectin for more fermentation, longer fermentation and higher sweetness.

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At present, the coffee market is booming, more and more people like coffee. In addition to busy work and leisure, or shopping through the streets of the cafe, taste a variety of fragrant and graceful coffee, but also hope to taste the indescribable romantic feelings at home.

In addition, with the rise of the new coffee wave, boutique coffee began to enter the interest of coffee lovers. At home, making a cup of "boutique coffee" like a "master" with rich local flavor has become the dream of many coffee lovers.

Central and South America, as the birthplace of "boutique coffee", is also the main producing area of "boutique coffee". As a "New World" coffee producing area, although the coffee beans produced are not as wild and unruly as the coffee origin in Africa, with strong volcanic rock and fruit flavor, it has also produced high-quality coffee such as Colombia, Blue Mountains, Santos and other top-grade coffee all over the world. at present, as the first choice of "boutique coffee", Panamanian Rose Summer makes many coffee obsessed.

The main feature of Central and South American coffee is its balanced flavor without losing its characteristics. Well-known coffee producing areas can be found in almost every corner of Central and South America. After more than a hundred years of accumulation and improvement of coffee varieties and planting and processing technology, they have considerable characteristics. In recent years, in addition to Brazil, the largest producing region in the world, specialty coffee producing areas such as Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Bolivia have emerged one after another, which continue to make great achievements in the international coffee evaluation rankings. The flavor covers almost all the contents of the coffee flavor spectrum, mainly focusing on the nutty flavor, smoky flavor, cream chocolate, caramel cocoa and unique tropical rain forest fruit flavor and so on.

What is honey treatment?

Coffee beans are actually the seeds of coffee fruit. Your favorite coffee drinks are made from the seeds of this red or yellow fruit. However, before the coffee beans are roasted, the coating layer such as the skin and pulp of the coffee beans must be removed, and then the coffee beans are dried to a moisture content of about 11%. The two commonly used coffee treatment methods are washing and tanning. The water washing method is to soak the coffee fruit in water and rinse off the peel and pulp with water. The sun drying method is to dry the coffee fruit in the sun, and then use a machine to remove the skin and pulp, and so on.

The honey treatment law combines these two methods. Now remove the pericarp and retain part of the pectin outside the coffee beans to dry. Pectin is a sticky substance rich in sugar in coffee fruits, like honey. Honey-treated coffee beans, like its name, are famous for their sweetness. Black honey treatment requires higher environmental humidity and longer fermentation time.

The honey treatment process is affected by temperature, humidity and other factors, and the treatment method is not accurately defined. Black honey needs to be dried in a cooler place for longer. Black honey treats caffeine with better thickness, richer flavor and higher price.

The deeper the honey is treated, the more complex it is to deal with. Black honey treatment needs more stringent monitoring to avoid excessive fermentation. The shelf life of raw beans is also shorter. If you want to taste the sweet honey better, you should bake the raw beans as soon as possible. Because the more honey is processed, the more suitable it is to be concentrated, and it tastes like someone has added a spoonful of honey to your coffee. If the drip filter is used, the coffee with white or yellow honey will taste cleaner.

Knowledge: growers and raw beans will make a more detailed distinction: White honey, yellow honey, gold honey, red honey and black honey.

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