Description of flavor characteristics of EMBU koli fruit coffee beans in Enbu, Kenya

EMBU in Enbu, Kenya

The Embu production area is located in the city of Embu County, Kenya, near Mount Kenya, the largest extinct volcano in the East African Rift Valley. The Embu production area is planted at an altitude of about 1300-1900 meters above sea level. The volcanic soil here is fertile. In addition to coffee trees, the locals have also planted tea trees, which are the two major cash crops for local exports.

70% of the population of Enbu city is cultivated in the mode of small families, and the output of self-employed is too small, so it will be sold to cooperatives and finally exported in the name of cooperatives.

The Ena ENA treatment plant is one of two washing plants managed by the New Runyenjes treatment station, which is about 150km north of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. The small farmers here will send the fresh coffee fruits grown in their backyard to the washing plant to treat the raw beans, and then sell them according to the classification of the Ena treatment plant.

Treatment method

The Ena processing plant will manually pick out the defective beans from the coffee cherries, then remove the peel and pulp, wash them with clean water, and then put them on an elevated bed to dry for a period of 14-21 days, usually until the water content of the coffee beans reaches 11-12%. Then pack it and store it in a warehouse and wait for export. As coffee beans in the cleaning process, will use multiple fermentation and scrubbing, so the flavor will show a cleaner acid. The Erna treatment plant will not only take measures to save water resources, but also allow farmers to protect the source of running water and maintain the entire ecological environment.

Coffee variety

Due to the outbreak of coffee berry disease in Kenya in the 20th century, Scott laboratory Scot Laboratories developed new disease-resistant varieties SL28 and SL34. The new varieties have the ability to tolerate coffee berry disease and can effectively resist leaf rust. They have been widely planted since the 1930s.

SL28 belongs to the bourbon gene group. The bean is round and thick, has strong resistance to drought, high yield and pure flavor.

In the 1970s, in order to develop a variety of coffee resistant to leaf rust, Kenya developed a new variety Ruiru11, which can be planted intensively without shade trees, and has the advantages of high yield, resistance to coffee rust and resistance to coffee berry disease.

Front Street Coffee: Kenyan Crepe Coffee beans

Producing area: Kenya Embu ENA Cooperative

Altitude: 1600-1800 m

Variety: SL28 Ruiru11

Treatment: washing

Flavor: berries, wumei, grapefruit Earl Grey Tea

Cooking reference

In roasting, this Kenyan coffee is a fruit flavor, in order to retain more fresh acidity and dark fruit flavor, Qianjie roasters choose light roasting. Through the cup test in the front street, this creamy coffee has a very diverse flavor, with dry aromas of dried berries, acidity of apples and grapes in the entrance, soft honey sweetness, and Earl Grey Tea's mellow taste as a whole.

Filter cup: V60 water temperature: 90-91 °C powder quantity: 15g powder-water ratio: 1:15 Grinding degree: fine sugar size (80% sieve with No. 20 sieve)

Staged extraction: use 30 grams of water for steaming for 30 seconds, small water flow around the circle to 124 grams for sectional injection, water level drop is about to expose the powder bed, continue water injection to 228 grams to stop water injection, and so the water level drop is about to expose the powder bed to remove the filter cup, (steaming starts timing) the extraction time is 1 kilogram 39th 55 ".

After grinding, the creamy fruit can smell the strong tomato aroma, the entrance is the acidity of plums and berries, with the sweetness of caramel and the fragrance of grapefruit, as if drinking a cup of Earl Grey Tea.

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