What is the difference in flavor and taste between sun-cured and washed coffee beans? How to distinguish the method of coffee processing

There is a tradition of Qianjie coffee, which always likes to make a pot of coffee and let everyone guess what kind of coffee it is! From the producing country, to the small producing area, to the treatment method, step by step! Can you tell what kind of treatment it is just by drinking coffee?

First understand what is the method of treatment.

When the coffee fruit is ripe, it will be picked, and we only want the coffee beans (seeds) wrapped in the skin and flesh, so the ancients thought of the most simple way, that is, to expose the coffee fruit in the sun and dry it. The peel and pulp will become dry and hard because of the loss of moisture, so that you can easily get coffee beans through simple crushing, and without touching your hands, this is the way of sun treatment.

In the 18th century, the Dutch used an alternative way of dealing with coffee, first removing the peel and pulp of the coffee fruit and leaving the sticky beans.

These sticky things are the pectin layer of coffee. in order to remove this layer, the Dutch soak the coffee beans in a pool for 1-2 days. when the pectin is separated from the coffee beans, they wash the coffee beans clean with a lot of clean water. The last step, of course, is to dry the coffee beans. This is the way of washing treatment.

Which is better, sun exposure or water washing?

The sun treatment appeared early, and the water washing treatment was improved according to the weakness of the sun treatment. What are the defects of the sun, rely on heaven to eat, because the whole fruit takes a long time to dry, generally need about two weeks, during the unexpected wind and clouds may be this batch of coffee fruit cold. In the process of drying, there will be coffee pulp burst, will attract insects, the quality is difficult to guarantee.

Washing treatment is solved from scratch, no pulp, no pectin, will not provoke insects, when the coffee bean drying time will be faster, remove the uncertainty of pulp fermentation, washed coffee beans look better.

Of course, this was a long time ago. Water washing treatment is developing and sun treatment is constantly improving. For example, the red cherry plan promotes the use of full red fruit sun exposure, and the use of high African beds for sun exposure in producing areas is a sign of improving the quality of coffee. Sun treatment is also subdivided into exquisite sun, slow sun, red wine sun and other "craftsman treatment"!

Can you tell how the coffee is handled by tasting?

Qianjie also often receives some guests, some people prefer washed coffee, while others prefer sun-treated coffee. According to guests who like to wash beans, they describe their preferences as clear, clean and comfortable. Guests who prefer sun-dried beans will be described as sweet, delicious and full.

Qianjie Club often compares the flavor of Yega Xuefei, Rose Summer of Emerald Manor and Blue Mountain one of Jamaica. There are two reasons, the first is that these three are all famous coffee, which are representative; the second is that the three sun washing treatments are carried out at home, and the comparison is more clear.

Yejia Xuefei: the common flavor characteristics of both are citrus acid notes and tea aftertaste. Sun-treated with fermented fruit aroma, inclined to the sweet and sour feeling of berries. The washing treatment is clear and clean, the smell of flowers and tea is obvious, and the whole is light. The resolution between the two is quite obvious.

Jadeite Manor Blue label Rose Summer: the common flavor characteristics of both are white flower aroma, citrus, honey. The fruit juice is rich in the sun treatment, the sweet and sour feeling of the fruit is obvious, and the hierarchical performance is full. Washing treatment with oolong tea rhyme, cool sweet potato (sweet) obvious aroma. The whole will favor the feeling of lightness and comfort.

Blue Mountain No. 1: the common flavor characteristics of the two are dark chocolate and mellow. Washed to highlight the sweet and sour balance, a classic Blue Mountain Coffee. The sweetness of brown sugar is obvious in the sun.

From this, it is not difficult to see that the general sweetness expression of sun-treated coffee will be better and the sense of hierarchy will be richer. Washed coffee is characterized by excellent cleanliness and more stable flavor.

So how can you tell how the coffee is handled just by tasting it? "I have nothing else, but I am familiar with you." drink more!