Production cycle, process and origin of coffee beans

Production cycle, process and origin of coffee beans

Young adults-- when drinking

Good coffee beans should be sealed and preserved as soon as possible. It is said that beauty is easy to grow old, and so are coffee beans. The peak stage of coffee bean flavor usually lasts only 2-3 weeks, no more than 1 month at most, so we can also think that the shelf life of coffee beans is 1 month. Of course, aging can be properly delayed by some man-made means, such as filling inert gas, but the laws of nature cannot be reversed by manpower after all.

The period of decline-- the late twilight of heroes

Which will be more attractive, a former beauty in her seventies and eighties or a cardamom girl in 2008? The flavor and aroma performance of a top coffee in recession may not be as good as that of ordinary coffee in its prime. Therefore, in the selection and purchase of coffee beans, not only depends on the brand and variety, the production date is a very important parameter.

How to judge the period of coffee may need to write a few more articles to make it clear, but in any case, we should remember that the freshness of coffee beans is very important. When drinking coffee, we should not only recognize the brand. And this is exactly what Starbucks in China has been criticized by industry insiders.

The ideal planting conditions of coffee trees are as follows: the temperature is between 15 ℃ and 25 ℃, and the annual rainfall must reach 1500 mm to 2000 mm. At the same time, the rainfall time should be in line with the flowering cycle of coffee trees. That's for sure. In addition to the coordination of seasons and rainfall, there should be fertile soil. The most suitable soil for growing coffee is fertile soil with good drainage and volcanic ash. In addition, although sunlight is an indispensable element for the growth and fruit of coffee, too strong sunlight will inhibit the growth of coffee trees. Therefore, various producing areas will usually cooperate with the planting of some sunshade trees, generally planting higher trunk plants such as bananas, mangoes and legumes. The ideal altitude is 500m ~ 2000 m, so the quality of Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee growing in 800m ~ 1200 m is the best. It can be seen that the conditions for cultivating high-quality coffee are very strict: sunlight, rainfall, soil, air temperature, as well as the way coffee beans are harvested and the process of making coffee beans will affect the quality of coffee itself.