What's the difference between male beans and female beans? will the flavor of male bean coffee have a hormonal flavor?

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1. The difference between male bean and female bean

At the center of the coffee fruit is a pair of oval seeds that are symmetrical and embrace each other into an oval shape. The flat contact surface of the seed is called "Flat bean", that is, the so-called mother bean, while the one with only one round seed in the fruit is called "Peaberry", or "cod bean". Its round shape is very easy to bake.

two。 The cause of formation of public bean

1) male beans are generally formed at the ends of coffee trees, due to uneven nutrients, light, water absorption and so on in different locations.

2) it was originally two coffee beans, but in the process of re-growth, one of them absorbed most of the nutrients, thus forming round beans at one end. Because of abundant nutrients, so the size is slightly larger than normal beans, the color is brighter, regardless of aroma or mellow thickness are slightly better.

3) if the fruit is in the process of formation and development, the invasion of diseases and insect pests may also lead to the imperfect internal development of the seed, and also cause one seed to "eat" another seed and form a public bean.

3. Must male beans taste better than female beans?

According to most legends, if the male bean is formed because it grows at the tip of the coffee branch, then the male bean receives more light and absorbs more nutrients than the female bean on the coffee tree, so the one with better flavor is of course the male bean. In addition, some people think that because the public bean is oval in shape, it is heated more evenly because it is easy to turn over when baking, and the baking effect is relatively good.

In the end, which tastes better between male beans and female beans should vary from person to person. If you can't drink bitter coffee and need sugar and milk, it may be difficult to tell the difference between male beans and mother beans. It is recommended that you choose OK if you do not drink pure coffee. But if you like to drink single pure coffee, it is more mellow, slightly sour public beans is a good choice.

Generally speaking, coffee farmers do not pick out public beans and sell them separately, but they all sell them together, but there are also business opportunities in Indonesia for coffee farmers to favor the taste preference of public beans, low yield and high prices.

For the distinction between male and female beans, it may be more a kind of hype. Although in theory, the baking effect of public beans may be a little better than that of mother beans, it does not mean that their contents must be better than those of mother beans. If it is necessary to study the difference between male and female beans, it must be based on the same Arabica tree species and valuable single beans, such as Jamaican Blue Mountain beans and Tanzanian beans. But these rare varieties must be expensive.

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