Moderate sour Tanzanian coffee boutique coffee bean flavor manor area introduction

The topography of Tanzania is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, showing a ladder shape. The eastern coast is a lowland, the western inland plateau accounts for more than half of the total inland area, and the East African Rift Valley runs from east to west from Lake Malawi to the north and south. The Kibo peak of Mount Kilimanjaro in the northeast is 5895 meters above sea level, which is the highest peak in Africa.

The eastern coastal areas and inland lowlands of Tanzania have a savanna climate, while the western inland plateau has a tropical mountain climate, with an average temperature of 21-25 ℃ in most areas. More than 20 islands in Zanzibar have a tropical maritime climate, hot and humid all the year round, with an annual average temperature of 26 ℃.

The types of rainfall can be divided into bimodal distribution and unimodal distribution. The areas with double bee rainfall include the provinces around the Lake Victoria basin, the northeast highlands, the coastal and inland northeastern. The bimodal rainfall area is characterized by two rainy seasons. The short rainy season occurs from September to December. The total rainfall can reach 200-500 mm. The long rainy season occurs from March to May, and the rainfall reaches 300-600 mm. The areas outside the double bee distribution rainfall area belong to the single bee distribution rainfall area, the rainfall time is from November to April, and the rainfall reaches 500-1000 mm.

Hydrology

The main rivers in Tanzania are the Rufidi River (1400 km long), the Pangani River, the Rufu River, the Wami River and so on. There are many lakes, including Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika and Lake Malawi. [7]

Tanzania is rich in mineral resources. By 2014, the major minerals identified include gold, diamond, iron, nickel, phosphate, coal and various gemstones, ranking fifth in Africa in total. Tanzania also has huge natural gas reserves. According to official data released by Tanzania, Tanzania has proven natural gas reserves of 44 trillion cubic feet, and the total reserves are expected to reach at least 200 trillion cubic feet. [8]

Gold

It has been found in many parts of the mainland, among which Lake Victoria is comparable in geology and scale to the major gold producing areas of Australia, Canada, South Africa and Zimbabwe, with proven reserves of 18 million ounces and estimated reserves of up to 30 million ounces.

Tanzanian coffee is mostly washed. After picking, coffee farmers will send the coffee fruit to the nearest processing plant for processing. The treatment step of the water washing method is to screen and remove the impurities in the coffee fruit, then remove the coffee pulp and exocarp, and send it into the fermentation tank to remove the pectin layer on the inner pericarp by fermentation. clean and then dry. Coffee in Tanzania is graded in the same way as in Kenya, both according to the size of coffee beans. When screening, let the raw coffee beans pass through the screen with fixed size holes. The larger the number of the screen is, the larger the particles of the raw coffee beans are. The grades of flat beans distinguished by size are mainly AA+, AA and AB. In addition, there is also a set of sieve size standards for PB (peaBerry), which is more produced in Kenya and Tanzania, and the author specially classifies the size of round beans.

Tanzania is also often compared with its nearest neighbor Kenya. It is said that the earliest Arabica coffee in Tanzania was introduced by Christians from Kenya and is similar to Kenya in flavor characteristics. With grapefruit aromas and soft and bright acidity. However, because the economic conditions of Tanzania are worse than those of Kenya, the production conditions are poor. Tanzania's quality control is not strict enough, destroying the quality of coffee in many processing links, which can not compete with Kenya, which is famous for its high quality. Although it is similar to the Kenyan flavor, Tanzania as a whole is smoother and softer and belongs to the balanced type. With moderately low acidity and sweetness, dark chocolate finish, moderate mellow thickness. Compared with Kenya, which has a prominent personality, Tanzania is less hierarchical and does not give a very prominent feature after drinking, which makes people less impressive. But on the contrary, its soft and round characteristics are also more pleasing, which is easy to be accepted by people who are new to coffee.

Washed beans for Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, planted above 1800 meters above sea level, bourbon. Cooked beans are moderately baked. Raw beans show yellowish green, beans particles are small and round, the particle size is more uniform. When the hand flashes, Tanzania's performance is slightly lower than that of Kenya, and it is prone to the smell of cucumbers and green beans. The acidity will be concentrated in the front, and after moderate acidity and sweetness, it will show chocolate and woody aromas. As for the cooking method of this bean, I recommend siphon. The siphon pot will enhance the sweetness and make the flavor more concentrated, and the increase of alcohol thickness will make up for the thinness of the flavor. On the whole, the performance of the siphon pot is better than that of hand flushing.