Introduction to various treatment methods of coffee dense treatment, sun water washing red honey and semi-natural white honey

Coffee processing

Honey treatment is to remove the skin, meat, pectin and endocarp of the remaining coffee processing method. The key to distinguishing different honey treatments lies in the treatment choice of the remaining pectin: the proportion of pectin retained and the drying speed and method.

According to Nordic Approch, Seattle Coffee, and Origin Coffee:

Yellow honey: about 40% of pectin is removed; drying method needs the most direct heat absorption, accept the most light drying, lasting about 8 days to reach the stable value of moisture content.

Red honey: about 25% of pectin is removed; compared to yellow honey, drying time is longer, and reduce the direct sunlight exposure time, even use the shade, lasting about 12 days.

Black honey: almost no pectin removal; drying takes the longest time, at least 2 weeks, use a cover to avoid too strong sunlight, prevent drying too fast, so that sugar conversion is more complete.

Characteristics of honey treatment methods:

The sugar content is tested first when picking, and only coffee fruits with sugar content of 21~22% are picked;

Honey treatment is different from other processing methods. It should be dried on AFRICAN BED (drying bed).

Honey-treated beans need to be ventilated when exposed to the sun, otherwise the pectin mucosa retained is easy to ferment or moldy, resulting in odor.

If you are directly exposed to the sun on the concrete ground or on the ground with soil, it is easy to scratch and cut the coffee beans when turning, which will lead to easy invasion of bacteria. Direct soil exposure will also make the coffee beans taste of soil. (Like the earthy, herbaceous flavor of early mantnings)

We usually see three honey processing methods: yellow honey, red honey, black honey

Yellow honey: first remove about 40% of pectin, direct light to dry, lasting about 8 days to use moisture content to reach a stable value.

Red honey: remove about 25% of pectin first, because more pectin is retained, so it takes more time to dehydrate, and at the same time reduce the time of direct sunlight exposure, and some places will also use a sunscreen, which will take about 12 days.

Black honey: almost no pectin removed, pectin thicker, so it will take about 20-25 days to dry dehydration

At this time, I would also like to mention a honey treatment that I just saw last year:

white honey

With the development of science and technology, the human brain has infinite holes. Different proportions are constantly tried. White honey is about 80% pectin removed, which is equivalent to only a little bit left. The taste is a bit close to washing.