Characteristics of Kenyan Coffee in Africa Kenya K72 dual washing process

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Introduction to Qianjie-Kenya double washing

The so-called coffee treatment refers to the "process of turning coffee fruit into raw coffee beans". Traditionally, coffee has been treated in three main ways: washing, sun exposure and honey treatment. Of course, there are many other treatment methods, such as the Indonesian wet planing method is also a treatment, but this kind of treatment is relatively rare.

At present, the most widely used treatment method is water washing, which can bring higher acidity and more stable quality of coffee. This treatment uses fermentation to remove the pectin layer, remove the peel of coffee berries, remove pectin through fermentation, and rinse the pectin softened by fermentation. It takes 1 to 2 days to dry mechanically. Of course, sun treatment can also be used. But it takes a relatively long time, which takes 3 to 16 days, and the coffee beans treated with water sell very well, so they are very popular.

Kenya washing (Soaking treatment, K72 washing)

As the name suggests, this treatment was first developed in Kenya and is also used to deal with coffee beans in Rwanda and Burundi.

In fact, Kenya treatment and ordinary washing treatment, there is not much difference, the difference is that after the completion of the washing fermentation process, the parchment beans will be soaked in water again in the bucket for about 24 hours. In addition, the name "Soaking treatment" will also give people the impression that the coffee flavor is cleaner and has a better acid quality.

The Injerto estate in Guatemala is also treated by the Soaking method. In Costa Rica, local people will call this treatment DFW (Double Fully Washed), double washing treatment.

Knowledge: coffee beans are the fruits of coffee trees, which belong to perennial evergreen shrubs or small trees of Rubiaceae.

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