Coffee for tourists in Xinglong Coffee, Hainan, China

Hainan Xinglong Coffee

Brief introduction:

Xinglong Coffee settled in Xinglong, Hainan, in 1953, when Xinglong overseas Chinese Farm was just established. In order to realize the practice of "raising growth in the short term", that is, using short-term crop income such as coffee, citronella and rice to make up for long-term crop income such as rubber, Xinglong began to introduce coffee from Chengmai Fushan.

After a long period of research, it has been found that although the large seed of coffee is high-yielding, its quality and taste is poor; although the taste of the small seed is excellent, its growth environment is plateau climate, the elevation of Xinglong is very low, and planting small seed not only has low yield, but also the life span of the tree is not long. Finally, they began to plant Robusta seed coffee on a large scale as the most suitable variety for prosperous cultivation, and the prosperous altitude, latitude and climate provided a good guarantee for the settlement of Robusta seed coffee.

At that time, the planting area of coffee was very large, and the whole Xinglong had more than 3000 mu. In order to ensure the quality of coffee beans, coffee beans are cooked and picked. At that time, the workers were too busy, and the students on the farm often came to the plantation for half a day to pick coffee. After the 1990s, with the continuous decline in the price of coffee beans, the planting area of Xinglong coffee is also decreasing. Up to now, the planting area of coffee in Xinglong area is less than 1000 mu.

Xinglong Coffee always reminds you of returned overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia and the poignant stories behind them. Xinglong's stir-frying technology adopts the Southeast Asian method. Xinglong's local coffee is most suitable for this method. In the process of stir-frying, it is not only necessary to master the heat, but also timely add sugar, salt and butter. This kind of coffee is particularly fragrant. Xinglong roasting coffee uses a large drum, which can be fried dozens of kilograms at a time, and add butter and sugar to the coffee, which may have been transmitted back from Indonesia, where it is a Muslim country and may have some coffee drinking habits similar to those of Turkey. Finally, the roasted coffee beans are darker, the surface is smooth, and there will be some adhesion [sugar] more or less. What the workers drink is simply to put some coffee powder in a cup and add hot water to drink it. The color looks dark.

"Xinglong coffee is first-class in the world. I have drunk a lot of foreign coffee, but our own coffee tastes good." On February 7, 1960, Premier Zhou Enlai visited Xinglong Farm and greatly appreciated it after drinking Xinglong coffee. A cup of coffee with strong flavor, an amiable prime minister, wrote a good name for Xinglong Coffee.

The flavor of fried coffee is strong, and the taste of coconut milk coffee is unique. Some scenic spots in Xinglong are also fried on the spot, so that tourists can taste the freshest coffee and understand its production process at the same time. However, high-quality coffee and excellent stir-frying technology have failed to really carry forward Xinglong Coffee. Today, this is an eternal pain in the hearts of many Xinglong people.

"in that country in Hainan, the old people there are used to drinking coffee and go there every day. A big round table is gathered around to chat and talk." Although the vast majority of people in the Beibei Coffee Association, including myself, think that Hainan coffee is very poor and disdain, drinking coffee in that place has become a living habit of residents, slowly forming their own coffee culture. In the high-rise cities, there is no coffee culture at all in many places. In the public space of a coffee shop, whether it is cafe or coffeebar, what is more important than the taste of coffee is people's needs and communication with each other.

How to prepare and roast Hainan Xinglong Coffee

Hainan Xinglong coffee roasting machine is often used to stir-fry coffee. It takes 15-20 minutes for each batch of coffee beans to keep the temperature 177240 ℃. Stir-fry the beans until they are the same color as the standard sample, remove and dry, grind them into coffee powder in time, pack and seal. In order to improve the drinking quality of coffee, ingredients should be added to stir-fry 12.5 kg coffee beans (without seed coat), 0.15 kg of salt, 0.25 kg of egg white, 0.5 kg of cream and 2.5-4.5 kg of sugar.

Stir-fry the coffee beans in a pan, start over a little heat, stir-fry until brown, add salt, stir-fry for about 10 minutes, add egg white, stir-fry egg white until brown, add cream, stir well, then add white sugar, after the white sugar is melted and fully mixed with the beans, use a gentle fire (finally, a small charcoal fire), stir-fry until the beans are brown, touch the beans with your hands, but the sugar is not sticky. Remove and cool (electric fan or fan can be used), grind powder immediately after cooling, pack and seal. Roast a pot of coffee beans for about 2.5 hours.

Matters needing attention in the roasting process of Hainan Xinglong Coffee

Fan constantly, remove the seed coat, prevent the seed coat from being fried and smashed, and make the drink bitter.

two。 Adjust the firepower, start to use a large fire, add sugar, and then use gentle fire when the sugar is melted, otherwise the sugar will be charred, making the coffee sour, bitter and poor quality.

3. Grind the powder in time after cooling to prevent the sugar from becoming sticky and difficult to grind. Grinding is generally not suitable for grinding into powder, should be ground into coarse powder, should not make the powder through the filter of the mesh bag.

4. It should be sealed when packing to avoid the loss of fragrance and affect the drinking quality.

Note: Hainan Xinglong coffee frying and grinding method is not suitable for other Arabica coffee beans.

Product protection

According to the regulations on the Protection of Geographical indication products, the AQSIQ organized a review of the application for protection of Xinglong Coffee Geographic indication products. After passing the examination, we hereby approve the protection of geographical indications for Xinglong Coffee from now on.

Protection range

The protection scope of Xinglong coffee geographical indication products is based on the scope proposed in the letter on defining the Protection scope of Xinglong Coffee Geographic indication products of the people's Government of Wanning City, Hainan Province (Wanfu letter (2005) No. 43). It is the administrative area under the jurisdiction of Nanqiao Town, Changfeng Town, Niulou Town, Sangengluo Town and Liji Town in Wanning City, Hainan Province.

Quality requirement

Provenance

Medium seed coffee (coffea canephora Pierre).

Site condition

Below 900 meters above sea level, windbreaks must be built in the moist, shady forest and river valley. The contents of hydrolyzed nitrogen, available phosphorus, available potassium and organic matter in soil were higher than those of 60mg/kg, 15mg/kg, 80mg/kg and 25g / kg, respectively, with pH values between 4.5and 6.5.Red loam and yellow loam with convenient water source and good drainage were the best, followed by sandy loam and alluvial soil.