Introduction to coffee: how to select 12 kinds of coffee beans that are well-known in the world

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With the prevalence of the concept of boutique coffee, whether it is the study of coffee varieties, the cultivation of coffee varieties or the final quality of coffee beans, it is also getting better year by year. People's requirements for coffee are not limited to the supplement of caffeine, but begin to have more pursuit of the flavor of coffee itself.

According to Qianjie Coffee, people's preferences for coffee flavor are roughly divided into three categories: bright, full-bodied, soft and sour with mellow taste, and non-sour, full-bodied, balanced and solid taste.

At present, the most popular coffee beans among coffee fans around the world are: native coffee beans from Ethiopia, Rosa coffee beans from Panama, iron card coffee beans from the Blue Mountains of Jamaica, Ateng coffee beans from Sumatra, Indonesia, and bourbon beans from Brazil.

"Coffee beans native to Ethiopia"

The biggest feature of coffee beans grown in Ethiopia is that they have bright acidity and tea-like taste, which is only mellow and bitter compared to the previous coffee. Ethiopian coffee beans have opened a new door for many friends to the taste of coffee.

The special and attractive flavor of Ethiopia is inseparable from the hodgepodge of nature. Ethiopia, as the birthplace of coffee, has a large number of different coffee varieties, of which nearly 2000 varieties have been recorded (including 1927 native varieties and 128imported varieties). Not to mention varieties that have not been discovered or recorded, so Ethiopia is a coffee variety bank with great potential.

Ethiopian Sidamo Huakui coffee beans

Producing area: Sidamoguji, Ethiopia

Processing plant: Buku Able

Planting altitude: 2250-2350

Treatment: sun treatment

Variety: Ethiopian native variety

Flavor: compound berry juice, fruit fermentation, sweet and sour strawberries, jackfruit

Qianjie Coffee believes that this is why coffee beans in Ethiopia always have a rich and attractive coffee flavor. With light roasting to retain more sour taste, drinking Ethiopian coffee is as comfortable and refreshing as lemon tea.

"Panamanian Rose Summer Coffee beans."

The rose coffee beans grown in Panama are so famous because the rose coffee grown in the region has a clear, rich floral aroma, and the coffee tastes like a cup of citrus / berry scented tea.

Rosa seedlings were first found in wild forests in southwestern Ethiopia in search of new disease-resistant varieties, named after the nearby Geisha Mountains. It was taken to Costa Rica in 1954 and recorded as T2722. The subjects were planted on many coffee farms in Central and South America in the 1950s and 1960s, but were not widely planted because of their low yield and fragile plants. It was not until 2003 that it was unearthed by the Peterson family of the Emerald Manor and won the best Panama competition in 2004, which began the era of the summer of Panama.

Panamanian jade manor red label coffee beans

Producing area: Pokuit, Panama

Manor: Emerald Manor Haramie Mario plot

Planting altitude: 1700m

Treatment: sun treatment

Variety: Rose summer

Flavor: complex fruit juice, citrus-like bright acidity, rose scent, honey sweetness, black tea back to sweet.

In order to retain the fresh floral aroma of Panamanian Rosa coffee beans and the sour and sweet citrus / berries, medium roasting is used. Rosa coffee from different manors has different flavor performance, but each Rosa coffee can show its own unique charm.

"Iron card varieties of coffee beans in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica."

Yes, that's right, it's the blue mountain coffee beans that everyone has heard of. At present, there are two kinds of Blue Mountain Coffee on the market, which will be bought by mistake, one is Blue Mountain flavor, which refers to beans baked with beans from other producing areas, which will be marked as Blue Mountain flavor coffee.

The other kind of Blue Mountain Coffee refers to the Blue Mountain Coffee from the Blue Mountain region of Jamaica, and the Blue Mountain Coffee referred to in this article refers to this kind of coffee.

Jamaica Blue Mountain one Coffee Bean

Producing area: the Blue Mountains of Jamaica

Manor: Clifton Manor

Planting altitude: 13100m

Treatment: washing treatment

Variety: iron pickup

Flavor: sweet and sour balance, soft citrus acidity, rich dark chocolate aroma, smooth and creamy taste.

The Jamaican Blue Mountain No. 1 coffee sold on the front street coffee has a certificate issued by the Jamaica Coffee Bureau. In addition, the wooden bucket packing the Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee beans will have the logo of a green frog (you can see the picture below when the front street coffee was picked into the Jamaican raw beans). This is the front street coffee specially selected to produce Jamaica Blue Mountain No. 1 coffee farm with rainforest certification, that is, Clifton Farm. And Jamaica is the only producing area that uses barrels of raw beans.

There is also the most iconic Blue Mountain flavor, the real Blue Mountain is very rich in aroma, balanced taste, there will not be any kind of taste prominent or lack of feeling. So Qianjie Coffee will bake Blue Mountain one to a medium depth. The price of authentic Jamaican Blue Mountain No. 1 coffee will be higher than that of other coffee. Qianjie Coffee believes that there are three most important reasons: small quantity, good flavor and strict quality control.

"Ateng Mantenin coffee beans from Sumatra, Indonesia."

All Arabica coffee beans grown in Sumatra are collectively referred to as "Manning Coffee". The most impressive thing about manning coffee is its mellow and solid taste, with an obvious return to sweetness in its bitterness. A good manning barista should show a mellow and sweet taste.

At present, the best and best quality mantenin coffee is the exclusive product from Indonesia's PWN raw bean company-"Golden Manning Coffee Bean". It is also a registered trademark of PWN.

Indonesia PWN Gold Manning Coffee beans

Producing area: Aceh province, Sumatra, Indonesia

Company: PWN Inc.

Planting altitude: 1100-1600m

Grade: G1 three times hand-selected

Treatment method: wet planing treatment

Variety: Ateng

Flavor: herbal, spicy aromas, dark chocolate, caramel, nuts.

The Mantenin coffee purchased by PWN is an Ateng variety from the Gayo Mountains, which is grown in the Aceh region of north-central Sumatra. This variety is a hybrid of Arabica and Robusta, so it has the high-quality flavor of Arabica coffee beans and the high disease resistance of robusta beans.

After the collection is completed, the defective beans will be manually selected for 3 times in strict accordance with the standard to ensure that the color, shape and size of Mantenin coffee beans are uniform, and that each bean is more than 18 meshes. And the strict requirement that the number of defective beans in 300g samples is less than 3. After deep baking in Qianjie coffee, PWN gold mantenin will taste cleaner and brighter, mellow thickness and sweetness will be more obvious.

"Brazilian bourbon variety coffee beans"

Brazil is the largest producer in the world, and the coffee beans grown here have a low acidity and mellow flavor, usually showing the flavor of mixed roasted nuts. At the same time, because of the high production, the price of Brazilian coffee beans is much cheaper than that of coffee beans in other regions, so coffee shops around the world use a lot of Brazilian coffee beans, which are roasted above medium depth as the main beans for extracted Italian coffee.

Bourbon is the second species of the iron pickup mutant, which belongs to the oldest existing coffee variety, and the green fruit will appear bright red when it is ripe. Compared with the tin card species, the bourbon species has wider leaves and denser growth. although the seed setting is higher than the tin card, the harvest time is also 2 years, which can be regarded as a variety with less yield.

Brazilian Queen's Manor Coffee beans

Producing area: Mojiana producing area, Brazil

Manor: Queen's Manor

Altitude: 1400-1950m

Variety: yellow bourbon

Treatment: sun treatment

Flavor: dark chocolate, cream, peanuts, sugar cane, nuts

After testing the Qianjie coffee cup, it is found that bourbon coffee has a high-quality taste, like the sour taste of red wine, and a sweet finish, so it is also very suitable for the production of hand-brewed coffee.