Introduction of flavor sweetness of Costa Rican honey treated coffee

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A brief introduction to the characteristics of honey treatment in Qianjie-Costa Rica

Honey treatment, it sounds very sweet. Many friends who don't know anything about coffee first heard that the coffee treated with honey thought it was treated with honey. In fact, this is a big misunderstanding. Today, let's talk about what the so-called honey treatment is all about.

Costa Rica is the inventor of honey treatment, so it is also the country with the most use of honey treatment. The originator of honey treatment is the improvement of half-sun treatment in Brazil. After half-sun treatment in Brazil was introduced into Costa Rica, local farmers improved it according to the climate and environment of the country.

The reason for the improvement is mainly due to the lack of water in some parts of Costa Rica, so local farmers have used their own wisdom to improve the treatment of half-sun. Another reason is to improve the quality of coffee, effectively improve the sweetness and fruit aroma of coffee.

One of the interesting things about honey treatment is that there are grades in honey treatment, which is the first time I've heard of it in coffee treatment. Honey treatment is to remove the peel and pulp of coffee beans and dry the raw beans with mucous membrane in the sun, usually for 3-4 weeks.

According to the thickness of raw bean pectin, it is divided into black honey, red honey and yellow honey. The more pectin retained, the sweeter it is in theory, with flavors such as raisins, fermented wine, flowers and so on.

Black honey: pectin is almost 100% retained, so it also takes the longest time to dry, usually lasting more than 14 days. In order to avoid drying too fast, it will block out too strong sunlight if necessary, so that the sugar can be more fully converted.

Red honey: remove 25% pectin, dry in the sun for about 12 days, and block part of the light during the drying process.

Yellow honey: remove 40% pectin, accept the longest drying time in the sun, lasting about 8 days.

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