Early in the morning, Yunhe got up sluggishly, pulled up and was still sleepy-eyed, yawning black beans and black skins, the two lazy goods, and began to exercise in the morning. Supervising Black Bean and Black Skin running around the villa, Yunhe punched on the side, and the family started their day.

After eating, Yunhe pulled the two guys who were ready to be lazy again, walked around the ranch, and resolutely did not let the two lazy insects rest, Yunhe didn't believe it, can't you lose weight after exercising so hard?

As he passed by the grazing area, Joseph was directing the cowboys to drive the cattle to the pasture, and looking at the cattle that were leisurely and eating while walking, Yunhe stopped and greeted: "Hi, Joseph, good morning!" How are these little ones looking lately? ”

Joseph looked back and saw that it was Yunhe, and smiled with a happy smile: "Good morning, boss! I don't know what happened this year, but the herd is growing very well! ”

Yunhe probably knew what was going on after a little thought, and seeing that Joseph was still interested in continuing his conversation, he quickly changed the topic and said, "By the way, are the green hay for our cattle to winter ready?" ”

Joseph smiled and replied, "Don't worry, boss, it's already ready, and the pasture grows a lot of ryegrass, which grows in winter, and the nutritional value is still very high, enough for the cattle to have a comfortable winter." ”

Yunhe nodded, there is an experienced old cowboy in the ranch, and he really doesn't have to worry about anything, originally Yunhe wanted to continue to chat a few words, brush up on his sense of existence as a rancher, but saw that this guy with black skin actually took advantage of the short chat time between him and Joseph, and lazily lay on the ground to sleep!

Yunhe was really defeated by its laziness, grabbed its little fluffy ears, and said to Joseph in a hurried tone: "Joseph, I'll go first, these two lazy people, sure enough, they can't stop for a minute!" ”

The black bean next to me couldn't help crying at this time, why was I shot while lying down?! It's the black skin who is lazy, don't come to a range attack, take me with you, okay? I'm a good boy now!

Looking at the black skin blinking his little eyes pitifully, muttering his mouth, rubbing his fluffy little ears, and looking aggrieved, Joseph couldn't help but laugh out loud, the boss pet is really funny!

Looking at Joseph, who was laughing and cramping around him, Yunhe could only pretend not to see it, who let his pet not be angry! Just as Yunhe turned around to leave, suddenly Joseph called out to him and asked, "By the way, boss, the coffee beans are already ripe, and it will be too late if you don't pick them. ”

Yunhe, who was pulling the black skin and preparing to practice, heard the news, and immediately became interested, how could such a fun thing be missed, he didn't even think about it and replied: "I'll pick it myself." But it occurred to him that he was not familiar with this at all, so he added: "Well, you can find an experienced fellow to come with me." ”

Joseph immediately beckoned, called Song Chuan, who was galloping happily, and ordered, "Bruce, you go and help the boss pick coffee beans." ”

Hearing that he was going to help the boss work, Song Chuan's face suddenly drooped, he now has a deep psychological shadow on Yun He, seeing Song Chuan's reluctant face, Yun He smiled slyly, pretending to be understanding and said, "What? If you don't want to go with me, if you don't want to go, you can say it, I'm not the kind of person who is difficult to force people, really! I will never retaliate in the future! When it came to retaliation, he also deliberately accentuated it.

Song Chuan, who was still drooping his face, immediately changed his face when he heard this, and instantly put on an impatient expression, patted his chest, and said in an excited tone: "How is it possible?!" I've loved working with you the most! You are so good-looking, so handsome, it's my honor to be able to help you, how could I not want to? ”

The excitement was so spit that spat everywhere, as if whoever didn't let him help Yunhe at this time would be a heinous sinner who would go to the eighteenth layer of hell, after speaking, he smiled at Yunhe flatteringly, but in fact, he gritted his teeth and scolded the pot, "Uncle, you have said everything like this, who would dare not go with you?!" ”

"Okay, I know that Song Chuan is a good comrade, so let's lead the way!" Yun He patted him on the shoulder appreciatively and praised, and showed a gentle and kind smile, but in Song Chuan's eyes at this time, this was a sinister and smug smile.

Because the planting conditions of the coffee tree are a bit demanding, and the old Liman is still the best variety, the Arabica species, which is even more demanding, and it is planted at an altitude of about 900-2000 meters, well-drained, and rich in volcanic ash on the fertile slopes, so their planting area is in the mountains near the end of the Sierra Nevada, and the two of them rode horses for a long time to arrive.

Speaking of this coffee variety, at present, there are two main varieties of coffee, Arabica and Robusta. There are also minor species, such as Liberia and Alabsta, which are not often found on the market.

Arabica species, which is now grown in the pasture, is also called small fruit coffee, as the name suggests, is a small fruit, before the 19th century, all the world's commercial coffee was this variety, so far, it is still the most dominant coffee variety, accounting for about three-quarters of the world's total coffee production.

Why is the proportion of planting declining now, because the resistance to pests and diseases is so poor!

For example, Sri Lanka, the well-known black tea producing kingdom, used to be a well-known coffee producing country, but at the end of the 19th century, a raging leaf rust disease, all the coffee estates were recruited, and none of them were spared, and then Sri Lanka knelt down, yes, you are too delicate, I don't plant it, so I abandoned coffee to develop black tea.

Although it requires careful care and the ideal growing conditions are somewhat harsh, requiring high altitude, fertile soil, plenty of moisture, proper sun conditions and shade, it is of the best quality of all varieties, with a fragrant and excellent taste, and is loved by the public, so it is more expensive, even if it has a low yield, most coffee estates are willing to grow it.

The Robusta species, also known as mesocarpus coffee, this coffee tree is not so precious, it can also grow at low altitudes, and also has strong resistance to disease, but also resistant to high temperatures, although the fruit is small, but the yield is high, so it is currently the second largest variety, accounting for about 20% of global coffee production.

The only drawback is that it is of low quality, not as smooth as Arabica, and the caffeine content is still 2 to 3 times that of Arabica beans, so it is cheap, and most of it is supplied to the large coffee industry to produce instant coffee, as well as to fill coffee, and the profit is low, so it is less planted.

Although there are differences, they can't be killed with a stick, and it is biased to think that Arabica is a good coffee and Robusta is definitely cheap coffee.

The large output of Arabica coffee does not mean that all coffee beans are grown according to such strict standards, among which there are a lot of indiscriminate fills, and the quality gap is very large, so much output, only about 10% is specialty coffee. In recent years, many countries have been committed to improving it, and have obtained very high-quality Robusta coffee beans, which are not cheap!

Exhausted from walking, he finally came to the coffee garden on the top of the mountain, looking at this neat patch, Yunhe couldn't help but speculate, this old Liman can't help but be a coffee fanatic, right? This coffee garden is much more tidy than a ranch!

The choice of land alone is very particular, choosing the top of the highest mountain in the pasture, because the quality of coffee from high land is better than that of low land, such as Guatemala and Mexico, and the quality is evaluated by the altitude of the plantation.

In order to meet the direct sunlight of less than two hours a day for coffee trees, Old Liman planted a lot of trees for shade in the coffee garden, and because it needed abundant water, Old Liman worked hard to build an irrigation system, not even in the pasture grazing area, but in such a mountainous area he spent a lot of money to build a set, which is enough to see his good intentions.

Yunhe couldn't help but think of what Joseph had said to him, old Liman planted coffee and tea just to enjoy this process, and suddenly sighed, rich people really know how to play!

Rows of low-trimmed coffee trees are now full of bright red coffee berries, which were originally green, but turn bright red when ripe, and look like cherries, so coffee berries are also called coffee cherries, and coffee beans are the seeds in coffee cherries.

The two began to use the most primitive method, picking ripe and intact berries one by one, so that the coffee beans picked are of excellent quality, uniform size, close to maturity, free of other impurities and immature fruits, convenient for post-processing and roasting, but the cost is a bit large.

Therefore, in order to save costs, large coffee estates will use the shaking method, through the stick to hit the ripe fruit and shake the branches, to collect the fruit, which saves time, effort and money, but will inevitably be mixed with impurities and defective beans, and will also be contaminated with the smell of the soil, so for high-quality Arabica coffee, they will still use the hand-picking method, picking is a very important part, a small mistake may affect the grade of coffee.

For example, the grade selection method of Brazilian coffee, they are from the number of defective beans per 300 grams of main beans, to classify the grade, the grade is divided into NO.2 to NO.8 seven levels, the deduction below 4 is NO.2, NO.8 is the deduction of 360, there is no defective bean, that is NO.1, but this situation is too little, can not maintain a certain supply, so Brazil will set NO.2 as the highest grade, not NO.1.

After talking about it, let's get down to business, looking at the large coffee trees in front of them, the two of them started to work in full swing, although the task is a bit much, just kill the time.

The two of them were unhurried and carefully picked for a morning, and only picked a total of 100 catties, and the coffee berries that can be produced by this 100 catties of coffee beans are only 20 catties, which is why the average large coffee estate is reluctant to use this method, the efficiency is too low!

In the afternoon, Yunhe, who was familiar with the picking process, didn't let Song Chuan come again, after all, the ranch manpower was already a little tight, and as a rancher, he couldn't occupy resources! Otherwise, he would have to hire more employees, Yunhe couldn't help but praise his consciousness, it seems that he is not far from becoming a qualified capitalist!

In this way, after nine days of busy work, Yunhe finally picked all the coffee cherries, harvested a total of one ton, and the rest was refined and roasted.

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