According to the characteristics of Kenyan coffee beans, is Azaria's special treatment of fermented coffee beans good?

Asalia, Kenya

Producing area: Sika Thika, Kenya

Processing plant: Asali honey processing plant

Altitude: 1550mi 1750m

Rating: AA TOP

Variety: SL28,SL34

Treatment: K72 (Kenya 72 hours washing)

Sika is a small town in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. There are many coffee fields around Nairobi, and Sika is an industrial town, but surrounded by agriculture and waterfalls. There are about 2000 farmers in Sika. The planting history of Kenyan Sika coffee can be traced back to the end of the 19th century. Coffee trees were introduced from neighboring Ethiopia in the north and improved by their own varieties. At present, the common varieties are bourbon species, Ken special species (Kents, SL34, SL28), Tibika and Luri 11 (Riuri 11). About 90% of the coffee is now grown in SL34,SL28. The new variety Batian published in 2007 has not been planted in large quantities.

Introduction of treatment method

Kenyan water washing is a cyclic repeated treatment after fermentation. On the day of harvest, the best quality coffee cherries are selected, peeled and fermented. The fermentation time is 24 hours, and then washed with clean river water after 24 hours. Then fermented with Qianjing river water for 24 hours, then washed, so repeated 3 times, up to 72 hours, so it is called Kenyan 72-hour fermentation water washing treatment, referred to as K72. This treatment allows coffee beans to ferment for a long time at low temperature, so that beans can have a brighter, cleaner but full flavor!

The raw bean treatment method of honey treatment plant is mainly water washing, grading according to the size of beans, and finally cup test to determine its actual value. The highest grade of coffee beans is AA (that is, the order of beans left on the 7.2mm sieve), followed by A (stay

The next largest coffee beans on the 6.8mm sieve), B (medium coffee beans left on the 6.2mm sieve), C (all small coffee beans in the boy B), PB (oval granulated beans), and finally, too light, too small under T and T beans. Generally speaking, grade An and B beans will be mixed for export, that is, we often hear in the market that AB Kenyan authorities (CBK) have very high requirements for coffee beans, not only good quality, good quality, but also consistent packaging, no wonder coffee lovers never forget to try a cup of Kenyan coffee.

Production area introduction

The coffee producing areas in Kenya are mainly concentrated in the plateau areas represented by Mount Mt.Kenya. Tropical climate, acid red volcanic soil provides a natural and suitable growth environment for coffee. It is most famous for seven major producing areas, including Neri, Sika, Chiambu, Geliniya, Ruiru, Mulanga and the western side of Mount Kenya, with the main producing areas such as Neri (Nveri) and Ruilu (Ruiru) in the middle.

Kenya is a famous coffee producing country in East Africa, and it is also an important producing area of high-quality coffee in the world. Kenya coffee has a full flavor and strong characteristics, and there is also a set of fine coffee trade system. The classification of coffee bean size, such as AA or AB, cannot be equated with flavor. The bidding batch of coffee bureau is based on cup flavor test, and the bidding price of fine products in Kenya remains high, and the competition among raw bean merchants in various countries is very fierce! The good reputation of Kenyan coffee comes from the technical research and development of academic units, careful education of farmers' knowledge related to coffee planting, and farmers' meticulous quality control; while the microclimate and fertile soil suitable for coffee growth, the high hardness of coffee beans and the traditional 72-hour long Kenyan washing method are all the reasons for the bright and sour characteristics of Kenyan coffee.

Introduction of the treatment plant

"Asali" means "honey" in Swahili (the official languages of Kenya are English and Swahili). The Honey processing Plant (The AsaliCooperative) is located in the Great Rift Valley Sika region in the Aberdare Mountains of Kenya, connected to Ethiopia to the east. Honey processing plant is a washing plant composed of 155 small coffee farmers. Coffee cherries come from neighboring small coffee farmers. On Mount Kenya (MT. KENYA) and MT. Among Elgon, the more famous producing areas are Meru, Thika, Nyeri, Nakuru, Embu and so on.