Low sour and sweet Tanzanian coffee flavor description taste characteristics introduction of varieties

Tanzania is located in eastern Africa, latitude 0 °59'to 11 °44 degrees south and longitude 29 °19'to 40 °30'E. it is dominated by tropical climate, with a temperature range of 10-25 ℃, which varies according to latitude and season, and is usually cool from the end of May to the end of August.

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.

The total land area is 944800 square kilometers, of which the continental area accounts for 99.72%. Of the 94.5 million hectares of land, 44 million hectares are suitable for crop production, and the rest are suitable for pastures. Only 24.5% of the arable land is used for crop production and 48% of the pastures are used for livestock production. The area of irrigated land is 29.43 million hectares, including 2.3 million hectares in high producing areas, 4.8 million hectares in middle producing areas and 22.3 million hectares in low producing areas.

There are 18.6 million cattle, 13.7 million goats, 3.5 million sheep and 51.06 million poultry.

The area of woodland is 38.8 million hectares, of which 2/3 are shrubs, which are mainly used for animal husbandry and beekeeping.

The coastline of Tanzania is 1450 kilometers. The exclusive economic zone covers an area of 223000 square kilometers. Large lakes include Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika and Lake Niassa, while some perennial rivers, seasonal rivers and groundwater resources can be used for irrigation and other uses.

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.