What coffee beans are produced in Kenya? are they fine coffee? I only recognize the grade of Kenyan coffee beans as AA

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Qianjie-Kenyan Coffee introduction

Kenyan coffee has many followers in the boutique coffee industry, and Kenyan AA has an extraordinary popularity. Kenyan coffee has a multi-layered taste and acidity of fruit juice, rich berry tonality, solid body, great sweetness, lively acidity and complex flavor. High-quality Kenyan coffee will also have the rich aroma of baby tomato, which is very memorable. It is a common bean for fine coffee.

Usually Kenyan coffee is classified as follows:

The hand-picked coffee fruit, after hand-picking, picking out immature fruit, overripe fruit and other defects, peeling, after about 36 hours of fermentation, sun-drying on a metal grid, the shell is removed in the processing plant to become a charming Kenyan raw bean with a blue-green appearance. These beautiful raw beans are divided according to particle size, shape, weight, etc.

E:kenya E, like beans, above elephant bean,18, contains large grains of round beans, like PB, in fewer quantities.

AA:Kenya AA,17-18 mesh

AB:Kenya AB,15-16 mesh, An and B grade mixed 17 mesh (6.8mm) and above A, 16 mesh (6.3mm) and B grade

Light beans selected by TT:AA and AB by airflow separator

Over PB:Kenya PB,15, round beans and peaberry account for about 10% of Kenyan coffee.

CRV 12-14 mesh and PB light bean screened by air flow separator

Under 12 eyes, there are more defective beans, chopped beans and light beans.

HE: beyond the above level becomes HE (Hulled Ears)

Raw beans that have not been graded by the official standard are UG (ungrade)

E,AA,AB,PB → UG1

C,TT,T,HE → UG2

MBUNI (sun beans, non-washing treatment), all raw beans are separated by gravity (gravity separator)

MH:heavy mbuni, heavy beans, yellow, no black beans, pieces, dried fruit or other defects, cup test shows a typical sun flavor, no taste defects

ML:light mbuni yellowish green, with a small amount of moth-eaten beans or black beans, no smelly beans or fragments, no earthy or other bad taste in the cup test

Knowledge: Kenyan coffee rating: AA,AB,C indicates the size of coffee beans

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