Introduction to coffee flavor and taste of smooth and soft coffee manor in Arusha, Tanzania

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. Due to geographical location and economic, political and other reasons, people outside Tanzania believe that Dar es Salaam is the capital of Tanzania. In fact, Dar es Salaam is not the capital of Tanzania. It was the capital of German East Africa from 1891 to 1916. It was the capital of Tanganyika from 1961 to 1964 and later the capital of Tanzania. In 1974, the Tanzanian Parliament decided to move the capital to the inland town of Dorma. The Tanzanian national emblem was formulated in 1964 on the basis of the Tanganyika national emblem, the shield of the central government.

National emblem of Tanzania

National emblem of Tanzania

The face is divided into four parts: the burning torch at the top cuts through the pre-dawn darkness and lights the flame of freedom and hope; it is painted with the Tanzanian flag; and below on the red ground are crossed tomahawks and spears; finally, the waters of the Indian Ocean and the lakes in the country. Below the shield emblem is Africa's first peak, the snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro; the melting ice peak nourishes the earth, and coffee and cotton grow on both sides of the peak, representing the country's booming agricultural production. A pair of local men and women guard both sides of the shield emblem, holding ivory. On the white ribbon across the hillside, Tanzanians express their desire for "freedom and unity" in Swahili.

Tanzania is an East African country south of the equator, bordered by Uganda and Kenya to the north and the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Burundi to the west. It is hot and humid all the year round, with an average temperature of 21-25 ℃ in most areas. Precipitation is divided into long and short rainy seasons, and the annual precipitation is abundant. The economy is dominated by agriculture, and coffee is one of the main cash crops in Tanzania. Arabica coffee and Robusta coffee are grown in Tanzania.

Mount Mount Kilimanjaro, located in northeastern Tanzania, is the highest mountain in Africa at 5895 meters above sea level. The ultra-high altitude makes the top of the mountain snow all the year round, while Tanzania's main coffee producing area is located at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro. The area is rich in volcanic soil, which brings an adequate supply of nutrients for the growth of coffee trees. Coffee trees are generally planted at high elevations above 1150 meters, which is one of the prerequisites for Arabica to develop a high-quality flavor.

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 raw coffee beans through a sieve with fixed size holes, the larger the number of the sieve is, the larger the particles of raw coffee beans are. The flat beans classified by size are mainly AA+, AA, AB. In addition, PB (peaBerry), which is more produced in Kenya and Tanzania, also has a set of sieve size standards dedicated to grading 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 agreeable, which is easy to be accepted by people who are new to coffee.