Description of Flavor of Coffee beans treated with Solar Yega Chuefei introduction to the method of hand flushing in the producing area of varieties

Qianjie honey to deal with Yejia Xuefei is a new attempt, compared to those who are used to drinking traditional water washing and sun treatment, there is a new experience. This honey-treated Yejassefi is from the Hofsa Cooperative. After testing, the taste of this honey treatment is very layered, sweet citrus-like acidity, full, soft and clean. The taste is smooth, with a sweet finish similar to caramel and an almond-like aroma, which is very good.

"Hofsa" was originally the name of a village in the town of Ethiopia, which is the smallest unit of the four local administrative levels. In fact, it is close to the west of the downtown area of the town of Yega, and as long as you walk out of the town road on the west side, you can immediately enter the village of Hofsa. The Hofsa Cooperative was established as early as 1975 and can be said to be the vanguard of the first wave of cooperative movement in Ethiopia. The source of coffee berries in the Hofsa cooperative processing plant is mainly from the hillside of the village of Hofsa and to the west of the plant, ranging from 1850 meters to a maximum of 2100 meters above sea level; and some from the hillside near the village of Konga in the south of the plant, where the elevation ranges from 1870 meters to 2000 meters. The locations of the two regional coffee plantations are excellent in terms of elevation and slope, and this has become the basic condition for cooperatives to produce excellent raw coffee beans.

The Hofsa Cooperative joined the Yega Sheffield small Farmers Cooperative Union (YCFCU,Yirgacheffe CoffeeFarmers Cooperative Union) in 2013 and obtained "organic" and "fair trade" certification. The Hofsa Cooperative, in cooperation with local small farmers in Yejassefi, adopts shade planting techniques and intersperses with crops such as bananas, planting with full manual and organic fertilizers, and using natural ways to control diseases and insect pests, so as to ensure ecological protection. make the taste of coffee quality more pure. In 2013, Hovesa received a high score of 95 on the Coffee Review Coffee rating, with a multi-layered and supple taste, sweet as honey, citrus aromas, smooth acidity and a full finish, with hints of almond and caramel.

What is honey treatment?

This Yega Shirley Hofsa red cherry is treated with honey. Honey treatment is a process that allows coffee beans to be sun-dried with mucous membranes. After the outer pulp of the coffee bean is removed, there will be a layer of sticky jelly. In the traditional washing method, it will be washed away with clean water, but because of the water resources limitations of some high-altitude areas, this method of drying directly with pectin has been born. The honey treatment is divided into black honey, red honey, orange honey, yellow honey and white honey according to the thickness of pectin planing, the length of sunshine time (or the degree of drying thickness), and the frequency of turning in the sun. Honey treatment this treatment not only retains the cleanliness of the washing method, although it is not as bright as the washing treatment, but increases the sweetness and caramel taste.

Yirgacheffe Hafursa Cherry Red

Ye Jia Xue Feifei Fu Sha Red Cherry

Production area: Yirgacheffe Hafursa

Variety: native species

Treatment: honey treatment

Altitude: 1940m

Grade: G1

Coffee powder quantity: 15 g proportion: 1:15 water temperature: 90 degrees Celsius grinding degree: BG # 6sf filter cup: Hario v60 # 01 filter cup

Qianjiaxiefefusa cooking process: the first stage injects 30 grams of water for 30 seconds, the second stage injects 95 grams of water (125 grams indicated by the electronic scale), about 1 minute completes the injection, and the third stage injects 100 grams of water (225 grams shown by the electronic scale). About 1 minute 40 seconds to complete the injection.

Extraction time: 2 minutes and 10 seconds, remove the filter cup to finish cooking

Flavor description: citrus, almonds, honey, caramel