What is Beethoven coffee? Evaluation of flavor and taste of Costa Rican Beethoven coffee beans.

Beethoven Coffee is a coffee bean from Carnett Manor in Costa Rica. Because the owner of the estate loves classical music, the beans produced here are all named after musicians, so they are also collectively known as the "musicians series". In addition to Beethoven, there are Mozart, Bach, Chopin three, showing a gorgeous fruit flavor and elegant aroma, let people quickly remember this coffee series.

Front Street Coffee-Costa Rican musicians Beethoven

Producing area: Tarazhu, Costa Rica

Manor: Carnett Manor

Treatment: washing treatment

Variety: Huang Kaduai

Altitude: 1900m

Carnett Manor (Finca Canet)

It is located at the highest altitude in the Tarazu producing area of Costa Rica, which is also the densest area for growing all kinds of fruits in Costa Rica. Tarrazu is one of the most important coffee producing areas in Costa Rica, with the highest average latitude, excellent climatic conditions, fertile soil and good drainage. Tarazhu is recognized as the best coffee producing area in Costa Rica and has been favored and recognized.

Carnett Manor is jointly run by three brother families, and coffee beans are mostly produced in the form of honey treatment, and now have more than a decade of coffee production experience. The manor mainly grows passion fruit and other fruits, and the coffee trees are managed in a characteristic area. during the coffee fruit ripening season in December, the owner of the manor arranges to pick coffee cherries and transport them to the nearby small water treatment plant (Beneficio) for processing. The owners of Carnett Manor are fond of classical music and pursue romanticism, so the coffee beans produced in the manor are named after musicians. The manor owner continues to delve into the selection and post-processing of coffee. High-quality coffee beans are treated with raisin honey with different degrees of pectin, and most of the coffee produced has good sweetness, consistency and thickness, similar to the ripe fruit flavor of bananas. coupled with borrowing the names of major musicians, it is easier to be remembered.

Unlike the other three musicians, Beethoven coffee beans are the only batch treated with traditional washing, showing the purest aroma of the coffee itself. The washing method is to put the screened coffee fruit into the peeling machine and initially remove its peel and pulp. Put the coffee beans with residual pectin into the water and let them ferment for about 18-36 hours. After fermentation, the raw coffee beans with parchment are washed in a flow tank to remove the pulp and pectin. After washing, the coffee beans are dried so that the moisture content is reduced to about 12%. Finally, the parchment of raw coffee beans is removed. Qianjie believes that the washed beans are cleaner and brighter in taste, and the sour performance is more lively.

The Beethoven coffee beans purchased from Qianjie Coffee are made of yellow kaduai coffee. Kaduai is a hybrid of New World and Kaddura. Huang Kaduai, like Red Kaduai, has extremely high disease resistance and is suitable for planting in high altitude areas. High yield, strong disease resistance, ability to withstand sun exposure and meticulous and clean acid are the biggest characteristics of this variety.

Suggestion on coffee baking in Qianjie

The front street baker felt that Beethoven's bean was dense and decided to bake it in a medium-to-light degree, which could not only retain the bright acidity, but also show the fruit flavor of the bean, and improve its richness and balance. The furnace temperature is preheated to 170℃ into the pot, the firepower is adjusted to 120,the throttle is open to 3, and the temperature recovery point is 36 ". Keep the firepower.

At 140℃, the firepower remains the same, and the throttle opens to 4. The smell of grass turns yellow and the smell of grass disappears and enters the dehydration stage. The firepower is lowered to 100 at 151℃ and the throttle is kept at 4.176 ℃, the firepower is adjusted to 85, and the throttle remains the same. after dehydration, there are wrinkles and black markings on the bean surface, and the smell of toast turns to coffee, which is a prelude to an explosion. When the air door is fully open, the firepower remains the same. the development time after the explosion is 1: 39 / 45, and the pot is put into the pot at 193 ℃.

Freshly roasted Beethoven coffee beans will be tested in front of the street to see how the musician's flavor and taste perform. Qianjie felt the sweet and sour taste of red berries through a cup of Beethoven coffee, as well as the lively and light acidity of citrus. After slowly cooling down, the fruit juice of red berries slowly emerged with a hint of almond aroma. When drinking this coffee bean in the front street, he thinks of Beethoven's romantic music, just like Beethoven's romantic style in the early days of his creation. After grinding, coffee beans will have a strawberry-like aroma, and you can feel the fragrance of flowers and the sweet and sour taste of grapes when brewing.

Coffee cup test report on Qianjie

Dried fragrance: strawberries

Wet fragrance: citrus, white flowers

Flavor: White flowers, citrus, strawberries, ripe berries, almonds

The cooking suggestion of Qianjie

Filter cup: Hario V60

Water temperature: 91 ℃

Powder content: 15g

Powder / water ratio: 1:15

Degree of grinding: medium and fine grinding (pass rate of No. 20 standard sieve 80%)

Qianjie coffee extraction method: first, the powder layer was fully wetted with 30g water in the shape of "hamburger" and steamed for 30s, and then the second stage was brewed. In the front street of the second section, the smooth medium-fine water is injected around the circle, and the water is injected to 125g at 55s of the timer, then stop and wait for the water level to drop to 2 / 3 of the powder layer to inject into the third section. The third section of the front street continues to use a steady medium-fine flow in the timer 1: 45 "precipitation into 225g, and so the coffee liquid completely drips behind the total extraction time of 1: 59".

Beethoven coffee bean brewing flavor: the overall taste is clean and full-bodied, with the sweet and sour taste of imported strawberry juice and citrus-like acidity beating like lively notes in the mouth. The floral and almond-like finish brings perfect embellishment to this chapter.

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