Coffee bean honey treatment classification there are several kinds of honey treatment coffee beans taste washed can not understand the sweetness of honey

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Qianjie-introduction to the grading of coffee honey treatment

Around 2000, half-sun treatment was introduced to Costa Rica, where some changes were made on the basis of Brazil. Because it is located in Central America and the humidity is heavy, after the peel of coffee fruit is removed, if you rinse according to Brazil for an hour and then expose yourself to sticky pectin, it is easy to suffer damp and rancidity, so it directly omits the process of immersion fermentation and removes the pericarp and part of the pectin layer. The sticky shell beans are dried in the sun, because the beans come out with high-quality sweetness, as if with honey, so they are named "honey treatment".

However, even today, with the rapid development of industrialization, there are still many processes in the treatment of coffee beans that cannot be replaced by machines, so it takes a lot of manpower to turn the coffee beans in the process of sun drying to avoid mildew and to ensure that coffee beans are evenly exposed to the sun. As the production process is very hard, most of them are made by small farms or special processing plants, which cannot be produced in large quantities. After 2006, Costa Rica

Honey-treated coffee often wins the cup test, and the unique enjoyment of taste buds has attracted attention from all walks of life. Today, the "honey treatment" method is basically the first choice in Costa Rica, and it is also widely spread in Central America.

As the honey-treated coffee beans on the market are also marked with regard to the treatment level, many friends will ask what is black honey? What is Hongmi talking about? After I inquired about the relevant materials and books, I gave the following explanation, which also made me grow knowledge (I didn't have a clear grasp of the concept of honey treatment color classification before).

Color grading of honey treatment:

Some Costa Rican growers will cause different colors of coffee according to the length of the sun cycle, grading the honey-treated coffee raw beans, which can be divided into yellow, red and black according to the color, with decreasing sun intensity and increasing drying time. The difference between the three flavors lies in the sweetness. The darkest sweetness is the most obvious.

Huangmi: the sunshine time is the longest, the heat is extremely high, and the drying can be completed within a week.

Red honey: when the drying time is 2-3 weeks, a shade will be built to reduce the light area.

Black honey: the drying time is about a month. Due to the need for manpower to put the coffee beans in a dark place to dry, the process is complex, so the cost is high and the price is the most expensive.

Knowledge: although coffee beans are called beans, they are actually the seeds of the fruits of Rubiaceae (coffee trees).

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