What is Coffee Bean Red Cherry Project: Introduction to Natural Red Cherry Brewing Methods, Flavor, and Taste Characteristics

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Fully mature coffee cherries are the primary requirement for specialty coffee. How can we talk about specialty coffee if even the quality of the coffee cherries is not good? The Yirgacheffe Natural Red Cherry obtained by FrontStreet Coffee meets this requirement, as it comes from a specialty coffee variety project called the "Red Cherry Project." Its purpose is to require coffee farmers to harvest fully mature coffee cherries to ensure the quality of the前期 coffee. This project was proposed by the largest green bean merchant in the Netherlands. This is a meaningful plan with a story, so let's explore the meaning behind it with FrontStreet Coffee!

Operation Cherry Red "Red Cherry Action" (ORC)

Operation Cherry Red (ORC) is a project to improve the quality of small-scale farms, with the main purpose of encouraging farmers and bringing surprises to roasters. Trabocca, the largest coffee bean merchant in the Netherlands, invites all Ethiopian farms to produce small batches of about 1500-3000 kilograms (25~50 bags) of beans before the harvest season. Women can only pick fully 100% mature red cherries, which makes a significant difference in the flavor of the brewed coffee. Therefore, meticulous, sharp-eyed, and hardworking Ethiopian women are important promoters of the Red Cherry Project.

The Red Cherry Action is also a reinforcement method that makes farms spend more effort on the process of selecting and picking beans. These coffees are also relatively higher in price. The Red Cherry Action includes washed, natural, semi-washed, semi-natural, and experimental coffees. The main producing areas include Yirgacheffe, Sidamo, Bonga Forest, Lekempti, Kembata, Illubabor, Harar, Limu, and in 2011, the Golocha production area (near Harar) was added. All of these have unique flavors that can fully showcase the taste of Ethiopian beans. After receiving the coffee, Trabocca will make further selections. Farms that pass the cupping quality tests in both Ethiopian and Dutch offices and meet the standards will receive high bonuses. The cupping qualified score must be above 88 points to become good coffee in the Red Cherry Project. The promoter of the Red Cherry Project, Trabocca, invests all the profits earned in recent years back into the cooperative farms. Trabocca emphasizes that this is a non-profit project, so the company only uses 4 people, including the boss and secretary, to execute the Red Cherry Project. Other administrative-related matters are supported by the parent company to reduce administrative expenses, and all profits are returned to the cooperative farms.

FrontStreet Coffee Yirgacheffe Natural Red Cherry - Brewing Sharing

FrontStreet Coffee Yirgacheffe Frontsteet Natural Red Cherry

• Origin: Yirgacheffe
• Altitude: 2000-2200m
• Processing Method: Natural Process
• Variety: Local Landrace
• Grade: G1

FrontStreet Coffee Natural Red Cherry - Strawberry Dripper

The design shape of the ribs on the inside of the dripper is a dot-distributed structure, which looks very much like the small seeds on a strawberry, and the bottom hole diameter is relatively small. From this, it can be seen that its flow rate should be relatively slower, thus playing a role in improving the extraction rate.

After adding the filter paper, due to many protruding points between the dripper and the filter paper, the fit is not very high. Water can penetrate the filter paper and flow away from the gaps between the protruding points, which can play a role in preventing over-extraction. Moreover, these protruding points can adhere to fine powder. In this way, when the fine powder is attached to the cup wall, the particles soaked at the bottom are relatively coarser in grind size. Thus, while the extraction rate is improved, the chance of over-extraction is greatly reduced.

FrontStreet Coffee Parameters & Technique: 15g of coffee; medium-fine grind (BG 6T: 58% pass rate through China standard 20-mesh sieve); water temperature 90°C, coffee-to-water ratio 1:15; bloom with 30g of water for 30 seconds, small water flow center pour to 120g, continue pouring to 226g when the water level drops and is about to expose the coffee bed, remove the dripper when the water level drops and is about to expose the coffee bed. (Timing starts from bloom) Extraction time is 1'50".

Flavor: Smells of floral notes, with citrus and sweet orange acidity upon entry. After cooling down, it reveals honey and preserved fruit sweetness.

FrontStreet Coffee Natural Red Cherry - Origami Dripper

The Origami dripper has many relatively deep longitudinal grooves on its side, and the bottom has a relatively large water outlet hole, which makes its flow rate tend to be faster. The ceramic Origami dripper has relatively better thermal conductivity and heat retention.

FrontStreet Coffee chose to use conical filter paper for brewing this time. Because the conical filter paper gradually narrows downward, the coffee powder layer in the middle is thicker while the sides are thinner. Moreover, the fit between the conical filter paper and the dripper is poor, so the degassing of the coffee powder can be relatively smooth during brewing. If the water level is high during brewing, it will easily flow away from the gap between the filter paper and the dripper.

FrontStreet Coffee Parameters & Technique: 15g of coffee; medium-fine grind (BG 6T: 58% pass rate through China standard 20-mesh sieve); water temperature 90°C, coffee-to-water ratio 1:15; bloom with 30g of water for 30 seconds, small water flow center pour to 120g, continue pouring to 226g when the water level drops and is about to expose the coffee bed, remove the dripper when the water level drops and is about to expose the coffee bed. (Timing starts from bloom) Extraction time is 1'55".

Flavor: Entry shows citrus and lemon acidity, with sandalwood aroma and honey sweetness.

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