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Description of Tanzania Coffee Flavor of Dark Chocolate after Rhyme introduction of Grinding degree of varieties in producing areas

Published: 2024-09-20 Author: World Gafei
Last Updated: 2024/09/20, About 95 per cent of the total population in Tanzania is Bantu speakers, 4 per cent are Nilot speakers, and another 1 per cent of the population is made up of Arabs, Indo-Pakistanis and Europeans and descendants of the above-mentioned ethnic minorities who intermarry with locals. At present, there are 126 ethnic groups, including SUKUMA, MAKONDE, CHAGA, HAYA and NYAMWEZ

About 95 per cent of the total population in Tanzania is Bantu speakers, 4 per cent are Nilot speakers, and another 1 per cent of the population is made up of Arabs, Indo-Pakistanis and Europeans and descendants of the above-mentioned ethnic minorities who intermarry with locals. At present, there are 126 ethnic groups, including SUKUMA, MAKONDE, CHAGA, HAYA, NYAMWEZI and other eastern coastal areas of Tanzania and some of the lowlands in the interior have a savanna climate, while the western inland plateau has a tropical mountain climate, with an average temperature of 21-25 ℃ in most areas. Zanzibar's more than 20 islands have a tropical maritime climate, hot and humid all the year round, with an annual average temperature of 26 ℃. 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.

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.

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