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The difference between Kenyan Coffee washing and Solar exposure-Honey-treated Coffee beans

Published: 2024-11-05 Author: World Gafei
Last Updated: 2024/11/05, The difference between Kenyan coffee washing and sun washing-honey-treated coffee beans sunwashed [Sidamo]: coffee raw bean green is grayish in some places, thick and small in some places, soft and strong acidity, mellow and sweet and spicy, it is one of the courtyard coffee in the highlands of southern Ethiopia. Unlike ordinary African coffee, Sidamo has clear acidity and smoothness.

The difference between Kenyan Coffee washing and Solar exposure-Honey-treated Coffee beans

[washed Sidamo]: coffee raw bean green is slightly gray, some places are thick and some places are small, the acidity is soft and strong, mellow, sweet and spicy, it is one of the courtyard coffee in the highlands of southern Ethiopia. Unlike ordinary African coffee, Sidamo has clear acidity, smooth taste and delicate floral smell.

The coffee beans after harvest must enter the treatment program immediately, otherwise they will begin to ferment, making the coffee beans have a bad smell. There are two methods of treatment: "solarization" and "washing", which will cause different flavors. Sun-cured beans have a complete natural mellow flavor, gentle aroma and more gum; washing rules have a good mellow taste, high aroma and lively sour taste

Kenyan coffee is mostly grown at an altitude of 1500m, 2100m, and is harvested twice a year. To ensure that only ripe berries are picked, people must tour the forest about seven times. Kenyan coffee is grown by small farmers. After they harvest the coffee, they first send the fresh coffee beans to the cooperative cleaning station. The washing station sends the dried coffee to the cooperative in the form of "parchment coffee beans" (that is, coffee beans covered with endocarp) to the cooperative ("parchment coffee beans" is the last state of coffee beans before peeling).

Altitude, latitude, geology: the equator runs through Kenya, and the border is just within ten degrees of north and south latitude. Belonging to tropical producing areas, there are two rainy seasons every year, with two harvests, with 60% concentrated from October to December and another 40% from June to August. Coffee is mainly grown in volcanic land around 1600-2100 meters above sea level from the capital Narobi to the mountains of Kenya. This height is suitable for the development of coffee bean flavor, because the mountain temperature is lower, the growth is slow, the aroma components of coffee beans have been fully developed, the sour taste is more obvious, and the texture is harder. This fertile, moon-shaped coffee area is the main producing area of Kenyan boutique beans.

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