Characteristics of Jinchu Valley in Kenya

Kenyan coffee grade

Kenya is a well-known producer based on the size of coffee beans. It is usually divided into nine grades, according to the bean type, there are PB (round beans, accounting for about 10% of the total output), in addition, there are E (elephant beans), AA, AB, C, T, TT, MH, ML according to size. The best coffee grade is bean-shaped berry coffee PB, followed by AA++, AA+, AA, AB and so on.

Usually Kenyan coffee is classified as follows:

1) Common categories:

Hand-picked coffee fruit, picked by hand, picked out immature fruit (unripe), overripe fruit (overripe) and other defects, peeled, after about 36 hours of fermentation, placed on a metal grid for sun drying, in the processing plant to remove the seed shell (parchment), become a blue-green appearance of attractive Kenyan raw beans.

These beautiful raw beans are graded according to particle size (size), shape (shape) and weight (weight):

E:kenyaE, elephant beans, elephantbean,18 and above (including round beans)

AA:KenyaAA,17-18 mesh

AB:KenyaAB,15-16, which is a mixture of An and B.

Light beans selected by TT:AA and AB by airflow separator

Above PB:KenyaPB,15, round bean

CRV 12-14 mesh and PB light bean screened by air flow separator

Under 12 eyes, there are more defective beans, chopped beans and light beans.

HE: beyond the above level becomes HE (HulledEars)

2) the raw beans without official standard grading are UG (ungrade).

E,AA,AB,PB → UG1

C,TT,T,HE → UG2

(note: class An over 17 mesh (6.8mm), class B over 16 mesh (6.3mm) 18 mesh = 18cm 64 inches, 1 inch = 25.4mm)

This Kenyan branch comes from the Enbu processing Plant (Embu Washing Station) in the Gichugu region and grows in Manyata-Enbu County on the eastern slopes of the Kenyan Mountains from 1550 to 1750. The variety is Kenya's classic SL28,SL34, coupled with the large temperature difference between day and night, and Kenya's red phosphate soil, making sweet and sour the main flavor tone of this Kenyan branch.

Jinchugu was founded in 1970. Together with Kamviu, Gakundu and Ka Kui washing Plant, they formed the Gakundu Farmers' Cooperative. There are 980 coffee farmers in Jinchu Valley and 3600 small farmers are registered in the whole cooperative. In Enbu county, nearly 85% of coffee cultivation comes from small farmers. They picked the ripe coffee fruit and sent it to the washing station for centralized treatment. the coffee fruit was peeled in the Enbu processing plant, fermented overnight, washed and dried naturally in an elevated shed.

In every Kenya before, we especially like to pursue those angular and strong acidity, and this Kenya makes me feel gentle, like facing the sea, with the feeling of breeze blowing. Unlike Kenya, which used to be berry-based, this time it has a delicate red wine with sour fruit, cherry sweetness, BlackBerry lips and teeth, and a tail of black plum and sugar.