Where are the best coffee beans made? Recommendation of the top ten best coffee bean brands

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The area where coffee can be grown is actually very limited. Coffee trees are generally planted between the Tropic of Cancer, which we call the "coffee belt". Within the coffee belt, it is divided into three major regions, namely, Africa, the Americas and Asia. In the past, we used to describe African coffee as sour, American coffee with black cocoa and well balanced, while Asian coffee is mostly herbal and very rich.

From the continent to the coffee producing country, each coffee producing country is subdivided into different coffee producing areas, and the climate of each producing area is different, coupled with the compound influence of varieties and treatments, thus showing a situation in which a hundred schools of thought contend.

Coffee from different countries has different tastes. Qianjie Coffee selected ten representative coffee producing countries to see how the coffee tastes different between these countries.

Ethiopia

Ethiopia can be said to be one of the most popular coffee producing countries. As the birthplace of coffee, Ethiopia has a large number of coffee varieties, which can be said to be a treasure trove of coffee varieties, but variety identification is time-consuming and laborious, and most of them are planted by small farmers. It is difficult to subdivide the varieties by mixed treatment after harvest, and coffee beans exported from Ethiopia are mostly referred to as "native species".

The most representative coffee bean in Ethiopia is the washed coffee bean produced in Yegashafi. Ethiopia is mainly solarization, but the common solarization treatment is shoddy and defective, so the Yega Xuefei producing area introduced water washing treatment from America in the last century, which made the coffee produced in the Yega Xuefei area famous.

One of the most recommended branches of the Qianjie Coffee Bean list is the Yega Sheffield Tintin Co-operative, which originally belonged to the famous Waka Co-operative and then became independent. The washed coffee produced by the Fruit Ding Cooperative has the classic citrus acidity, soft white flowers, yellow fruit and a tea-like finish.

Kenya

Kenya is another most representative coffee producer in Africa, with a highly recognizable berry tonality, reminiscent of fruits such as grapefruit, blackberries and sour plums. Its high acidity makes Kenyan coffee almost one of the most popular iced coffees in summer. Kenya's flavor tone mostly comes from its SL28 & SL34 varieties and mature washing technology.

Panama

Panama can be said to be the most popular boutique coffee producing country. There are many manors in the country, such as the famous Emerald Manor, Deborah Manor, Ninety plus Manor and so on. The varieties of coffee grown in Panama are Rosa, Kaddura, Kaduai, etc., but the varieties with the most Panamanian characteristics are mainly Rosa, and among the many estates, Qianjie Coffee thinks that Rosa Coffee produced by Jade Manor is the most representative.

At the beginning of this century, the jadeite manor realized the potential of the rose variety through a large number of cup tests. at that time, the rose variety had a low yield and was difficult to pick, and it was basically only used as a windshield for other coffee varieties. After that, Feicui Manor separated and bred the rose summer variety, and won the 2004 best Panama BOP raw bean competition with the rose summer variety. From then on, the rose summer coffee became popular all over the world.

Today, the rosy summer of the Emerald Manor in Panama is divided into three levels, red, green and blue. The elevation of the red mark and the green mark is slightly higher, in which the red mark batch belongs to a single plot, while the blue mark batch of rose summer coffee is planted at a lower altitude, but the performance-to-price ratio is quite high. so the barista of the front street coffee often recommends the blue label rose summer of the jadeite manor to the guests who want to try the rose summer, while the blue mark of the 2020 production season has water washing and sun treatment to choose from, which is clean, while the sun flavor tends to be fruity.

Colombia

Colombia is perhaps the most American coffee producer, high-quality Colombian coffee (washed), with citrus flavors, nuts and black cocoa, smooth and fragrant as a whole, black cocoa is one of its major characteristics. at the same time, with the delicate acidity given by high altitude, it has become a rare producer of high-quality coffee.

Guatemala

Guatemala is a very typical volcanic country, its famous Antigua producing area is surrounded by three volcanoes, and the volcanic ash soil provides enough nutrients for coffee trees to grow. There are many coffee producing areas in Guatemala, including Antigua, and different producing areas have different growing environments and conditions, which forms the flavor of different producing areas. But Qianjie Coffee believes that Antigua may be the most representative of Guatemala.

Qianjie Coffee chose one of the many coffee beans in Antigua, a coffee bean owned by La minita, which is famous for its excellent planting, processing technology and extremely strict quality control. according to such standards, they commissioned Las Pastores, the largest washing plant in Antigua, to handle raw beans and named the coffee beans as Huasen, in addition to retaining the original flavor of the producing area. Dry aroma with strong floral and tea aromas, after the entrance of lime and berry aromas, and then into a honey finish, excellent cleanliness and rich layering are the characteristics of this flower spirit.

Costa Rica

Costa Rica has been growing coffee for more than 200 years, and the coffee industry is very mature, and it is the country in the world that slightly forbids the cultivation of robusta coffee beans (not even Katim varieties). It can be said that it attaches great importance to the quality of coffee. Costa Rican coffee is characterized by its unique honey treatment, which retains part of the pectin for drying, making Costa Rica both washed clean and slightly sunny. Nuts are the main tone, with refreshing acidity, thick and sugary sweetness.

Brazil

As the country that produces the most Arabica coffee beans in the world, Brazil's position in the coffee world can not be ignored. Brazil is located in the Latin American region of the Western Hemisphere, and its superior tropical natural conditions are very suitable for the growth of tropical cash crops like coffee.

Most of the Brazilian coffee has a low sour taste, with the sweet and bitter taste of the coffee, the entrance is very smooth, but also with a hint of grass aroma, slightly bitter in the fragrance, smooth and smooth, with a pleasant aftertaste. Qianjie Coffee chose a bourbon from Queen's Manor as the representative of Brazil, with obvious nuts and chocolate, medium caramel sweetness, smooth taste and overall balance.

Jamaica

In addition to Brazil, Jamaica's Blue Mountain Coffee is also a well-balanced coffee. The Blue Mountain Mountains are located in the eastern part of the island of Jamaica, hence the name because the mountain is surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and when the sun shines directly on the blue sea on clear days, the peaks reflect the bright blue light of the sea.

For many years, Blue Mountain Coffee has been subject to strict export controls, and only washed iron pickups have been produced in Japan and other countries, but until last year, Qianjie Coffee began to taste sun-tanned iron pickups in addition to water washing. there is even Rose Summer Coffee produced by Blue Mountain. However, Qianjie Coffee has always believed that the taste of Blue Mountain Coffee is represented by washed iron pickups. Washed Blue Mountain Coffee has citrus acidity, but a strong sense of balance, nuts and black cocoa in the middle, a lingering finish and a mellow finish.

Honduras

Honduras is a very popular coffee producer in recent years, and nothing is more impressive than the way it is treated by barrel fermentation.

Honduras as an American country, its coffee is characterized by classic American coffee flavor, citrus mixed with cocoa tone, while the overall balance of fragrance. It is similar to Colombia's boutique-grade washed coffee beans, but it has been difficult to catch up with Colombia in terms of output and quality, and Honduras has sprung up in recent years mainly because of its unique barrel handling.

The coffee fruit is actually harvested and removed from the peel and pulp and put into an oak barrel for low-temperature fermentation, resulting in an unusual flavor of the coffee bean. One of the Honduran beans of Qianjie Coffee is fermented at a low temperature in a Shirley barrel to get the smell of vanilla, cream and caramel.

Indonesia

When it comes to Asian coffee, we have to mention Indonesia, of which Mandarin Coffee from Sumatra can be said to be its representative. The taste of Indonesian Manning coffee can be attributed to its rare wet planing method all over the world. Indonesia is wet and rainy, unable to dry in the sun for a long time, and small farmers are the main planting mode. it has derived a wet planing method characterized by multiple drying and planing and parchment drying.

As a result, Indonesian coffee has produced a strong, sticky, herbal flavor. Qianjie coffee bean list most recommended a gold mantenin, because the wet planing method to remove the parchment drying steps led to the appearance of coffee beans easy to crack, commonly known as "sheep's hoof beans", and Golden Mantenin's many hand selections, reduced a lot of defective beans and poor-looking beans, so Golden Mantenin coffee tasted in addition to the classic herbal spice flavor, but also cleaner, the taste is very smooth.

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