Know the basic knowledge of raw beans pick out the knowledge of raw beans common acronyms for raw bean labels Ethiopian students

Pay attention to the raw bean information, in addition to the clear name of the country and region, the label often has a lot of acronyms inside, meet for the first time, often do not know what to say:

DP:DryProcess, dry treatment

EP:EuropeanPreparation, European standard. It is common in Central and South America. It means that on the basis of the classification of raw beans, in order to meet the special requirements of some European raw bean merchants, more stringent manual selection should be carried out to make the defect rate meet the requirements of traders. In addition, there is EuropeanProcess European method in the low cause processing technology. It is worth noting that EP has nothing to do with hierarchy, for example, you can see CostaRicaSHBEP as well as CostaRicaHBEP. EP only represents defect rate. Basically, raw beans that pay attention to quality are selected by hand, but the words EP are not specifically marked. Similarly, there are AmericanPreparation American standards and JP,JapanesePreparation Japanese standards.

FTO:FairTrade&Organic, Fair Trade Certification, Organic Certification, please refer to the article "Fair Trade Coffee: FairTradeCoffee" and the article "is Organic Coffee really better than regular Coffee?"

FW:FullyWashed, full water wash

ORG:organic, organic coffee

PE:Peaberry, round beans.

RFA:RainForestAlliance, rainforest certification.

SHB:StrictlyHardBean, very hard beans. Common in the grading of raw beans in China and the United States. For example, Costa Rica, the specific division criteria can be found in the article "introduction to the country of production: Costa Rica".

SHG:StrictlyHighGrown, similar to the SHB system, is graded based on the altitude of the place of origin. It is common in China and the United States, such as Nicaragua.

SWP:SwissWaterProcess, one of the decaf treatments, is Swiss water treatment. For a detailed explanation, see the article "interpretation of Raw Bean label: EP and SWP"

TP:TriplePicked, three-level selection, belongs to the raw bean grading system, which is common in Sumatra raw beans in Indonesia. On the basis of Grade1, raw beans are repeatedly selected to eliminate defects. Correspondingly, there is doublepicked secondary picking.

UTZ: a kind of coffee certification, which covers fair trade, organic, environment-friendly, sustainable development and so on.

Recommended raw beans:

NinetyPlusLevelUpNistuRuz

Country: Ethiopia

Producing area: Ethiopia

Altitude: 1800-2100 m

Treatment: washing

Variety: Ethiopian native species

Flavor: flower fragrance, lemon, honey, litchi, black tea