What does coffee honey treatment mean? how does the process of coffee and bean honey treatment make it as sweet as honey?

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Qianjie-introduction to the treatment of coffee honey

Coffee itself does not grow into coffee beans. They are seeds of coffee cherries (coffee cherry). Yes, your favorite caffeine drink is actually juiced from a small red fruit (but it is also possible to be yellowish or tangerine).

But before the coffee beans can be roasted, the skin on the surface of the coffee cherries must be removed, and then the beans must be dried to about 11% moisture. The most common method is: 1) remove it from the water (washing treatment). 2) Let the coffee dry directly in the sun and then remove the surface (sun treatment).

The honey treatment method is probably the middle state of the above two methods. After the coffee cherries are peeled, there is still some flesh left, and then there is "mucus" attached to the coffee beans during drying.

So why is it called "honey treatment"? In fact, if it hadn't been a lucky coincidence, he might have been named "slime-treated coffee" that sounds a little bad. The mucus is like honey, very sweet and sticky, and this kind of coffee is liked by everyone because of its high sweetness, so it is named according to the sensory experience of the coffee.

Honey treatment and tanning are more risky than washed coffee. From the moment you start to keep more gum on your coffee beans, you may increase the quality of your coffee or increase your risk.

The less pulp attached to coffee beans, the easier the quality control will be. The more pulp, the more gum and sugar, so the more likely it is to increase sweetness, highlight fruit and wine, or conversely, over-ferment to produce a rotting flavor.

This means that controlling fermentation and maintaining consistency are essential. At this point, we have to rely on the data, because it not only supports the experiment but also is repeatable. Coffee producers record data on all batches of coffee beans they produce: area, variety, harvest information, processing details, quality and flavor description. If you want a certain flavor of coffee, you have to work in a certain area, use a specific treatment, ferment for x hours, dry for x hours, and then harvest the desired coffee properties. "

Knowledge: according to the retention of pectin, honey treatment is also divided into yellow honey, black honey and so on.

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