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甲米兄:这是我在咖啡沙龙看到的50%蜜处理解释
A word about the part of the name that says 50% Honey. Processing refers to the way the coffee beans are removed from the fruity, pulpy cherries they live in. Coffee beans are seeds. There are two main ways to get these seeds out. One way is to run the cherries through a big machine which takes off the skin and all the pulpy mass surrounding the bean, and then drying the beans on a bed. Coffees like this are usually called "Washed" and they usually taste very clean and refined. On the other end of the spectrum are coffees that are Natural or Dry Processed, where the cherries are put on concrete beds to dry for several weeks, and then all that pulpy part is removed mechanically. Coffees processed this way usually impart more exotic and bold flavors. Both these processing methods can result in pretty rad coffee.
The Honey, or Pulped Natural process works like this: the cherries are wet processed, removing only the skin but leaving some of the pulpy, fruity part of the cherry intact. The skinless cherries are then dried on beds much like Natural Processed coffees. So when the coffee says 50% Honey that means that half of the pulpy fruity part was left intact before drying. With me on this?
The result sort of hits in the middle of these extremes. So, our little Finca Los Lobos is super refined, but retains lots of really cool fruit and floral aspects. Awesome viscosity, orange blossom, cardamom... also way in the back, an interesting vegetal aspect that I'm always a sucker for in a coffee. |
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