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Introduction to the flavor description method of the Lion King in Sidamo, Ethiopia

Published: 2024-09-20 Author: World Gafei
Last Updated: 2024/09/20, Ethiopian coffee flavor description method introduces the previous Ethiopian sun exposure method, which is to spread wild coffee fruits directly on the mud ground for exposure, which has two disadvantages: 1. After picking, the beans have not been specially screened and treated, the uneven appearance and maturity are mixed together, and the process is relatively rough, so the quality of coffee beans is unstable and easy to have.

Ethiopian Coffee Flavor Description Process Introduction

In the past, Ethiopian sunning method was to spread wild coffee fruits directly on the mud ground for sunning. This sunning method had two disadvantages:

1. After picking, the beans have not been specially selected and treated, and the uneven quality and maturity are mixed together. The process is relatively rough, so the quality of coffee beans is unstable and easy to have defective beans.

2. Coffee farmers usually find a vacant lot near their homes to deal with, so there are often a lot of impurities or dirty things on the ground, and coffee is easily contaminated with impurities.

The improved solarization method aims at improving the two shortcomings of the traditional method:

1. Only fully ripe dark red coffee cherries are picked at the time of picking. Before being exposed to sunlight, the beans are screened for defects at the processing plant to make the beans look more average in size and maturity.

2. Then, use a raised wooden frame or whole trellis for sunning, which will avoid the risk of the beans getting contaminated by the smell on the ground. During the exposure process, the beans should be carefully cared for so that the coffee beans can be evenly exposed to moisture; every three to five days, coffee workers will manually screen out the defective moldy beans. So by the time the sun is done and the beans come into the field without their skin and flesh, a piece of sunburned, bright red coffee cherry is already of a very blemish grade.

After harvesting, coffee beans must be immediately processed, otherwise they will start to ferment and cause coffee beans to produce odors. There are two methods of treatment: "solarization method" and "washing method", which will cause different flavors. The beans of solarization method have complete natural mellow flavor, gentle aroma and more colloid; washing method has good mellow flavor, high aroma and lively acidity.

[Sunlight Sidamo]: The bean body is smaller than Longberry, green with yellow, in the Sidamo sun drying field, coffee is placed in the hemp net rack, workers take turns in the sun exposure, manually stir coffee, Sunlight Sidamo is usually marked with G4 export mostly, washed Sidamo because the processing process is more perfect than the sun, so most of the G2 grade exports more.

[Washed Sidama]: Coffee green is slightly gray, some places are coarse and some places are fine, acidity is soft and strong, alcohol is appropriate, sweet and spicy, it is one of the courtyard coffee in the southern highlands of Ethiopia. It differs from African coffee in that Sidamo has a clear acidity, a smooth texture and a delicate floral aroma

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