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Coffee processing methods.
I recently returned from a trip to Rwanda, where I had the pleasure of visiting Akagera Coffee Project. At their plantation I also had the opportunity to learn more about coffee processing methods, or natural, washed and honey. After harvesting, coffee cherries need to be processed in order to make the beans suitable for roasting. Let's discover the coffee processing methods together. The washed processing method. The processing method begins with the selection and sorting of the ripe drupes. The cherries, after harvesting at the plantation, they are taken to the washing station and soaked in large tubs, dove…
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Visit the Akagera Coffee Project in Rwanda.
During my last trip to Rwanda I had the pleasure of visiting one of the best coffee plantations in the country, ovvero Akagera Coffee Project. I'll tell you about my experience in this beautiful country. Akagera Coffee Project is one of the coffee plantations that I had the opportunity to visit during my last trip to Rwanda. Akagera Coffee Project is located in the province of Kayonza in the eastern part of the country and takes its name from the national park of the same name which is located a few kilometers from the plantation and is home to most of the African flora and fauna, If you pass through here you can't miss it. The owner of the plantation welcomes us,…
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The coffee of Colombia.
Colombia coffee is renowned for its quality, but what makes it so special? Coffee was introduced to Colombia in the middle of the 1700 by the Jesuit friars, one in particular named Francisco Romero found a brilliant solution. Legend has it that whenever a believer went for confession, penance to plant from 3 a 4 coffee plants. As soon as the archbishop of Colombia became aware of what Francisco was doing, he made sure that all Jesuit priests did the same. This firmly paved the way for the beginning of the history of Colombian coffee. It was only in 1835 that this delicious…
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Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee
Jamaica coffee is universally regarded as one of the best in the world. We went to Jamaica to visit a plantation of the famous Blue Mountain coffee at Mr.. McGowan di Trumpet Tree Coffee Factory. Blue Mountain coffee has been grown in Jamaica since 1728 when the first seedling arrived from the neighboring island of Martinique as a gift to Governor Sir Nicholas Lawes. From that moment it became one of the most prized and sought after coffee by connoisseurs. The Blue Mountains rise in 2256 meters above sea level in the eastern part of the island and are among the highest mountains in the Caribbean. The name Blue Mountain is given to the mountain by the fog…
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