最優質和最原始的咖啡-Gesha Village
瑰夏村咖啡莊園背景故事
Gesha Village之旅始於2007年,當時Adam Overton先生和Rachel Samuel小姐正在爲埃塞俄比亞政府製作關於埃塞俄比亞咖啡的紀錄片。 在這工作中,他們首先介紹了gima博士,他們跟隨導遊經過了金馬(djimman)附近的卡法(KAFA)咖啡森林。 Girma博士是一名咖啡研究人員,關於咖啡農業學和農場管理的研究。 在製作這部紀錄片的過程中,Rachel Samuel被重新帶到她的出生國埃塞俄比亞,Adam Overton對咖啡誕生地豐富的咖啡歷史著迷。
在這次咖啡考察結束後,這對夫婦深深感覺到不得不開辦自己的咖啡農場。 他們在埃塞俄比亞的野生咖啡森林中看到了太多未曾被探索的潛力和機會。 儘管該國的咖啡貿易早已成熟,但埃塞俄比亞的咖啡行業在農業和加工創新以及風土區別方面遠遠落後於新的咖啡來源,而這正是專業的精品豆和商業豆之間最重要的兩個區別。 Adam Overton和Rachel Samuel充分利用埃塞俄比亞專業市場建立魁夏村,莊與傳統做差距區別。
從2007年到2010年,這對夫婦在這個國家尋找完美的地方來建立他們的村落。 最初的標準是由於實際的運輸考量,農場應該靠近首都阿迪斯阿貝斯亞。 更重要的是,其他的考慮因素是:
· 海拔:海拔1800-2100米
· 較大的土地(超過100公頃)
· 老樹衆多/原始森林
· 豐富的樹蔭
· 通路
· 充分的勞動力
· 居民沒有流離失所 穩定的勞動資源
· 隨著他們對地方的調查,他們越來越遠離阿迪斯阿貝斯亞首都。 Finally, they found Gesha town, very close to Ethiopia's border with Sudan, in the far western region of the country.最後,他們在該國西南部地區,發現了非常接近埃塞俄比亞與蘇丹邊界的gesha(藝技魁夏)鎮。 During their reconnaissance, they found wild coffee growing within pristine forest.在他們的偵察過程中,他們發現在原始森林裏生長的(野生咖啡); This coffee paradise, combined with meeting some inhabitants from the Meanit community who indigenous to the area, also drew the couple in. This was a place and people where something completely cutting-edge could happen.這麼一個咖啡天堂。
· 該地區的一些居民,也吸引了這對夫婦。這是一個(地方)和(人民)可以發生一些美好的事情。
In autumn of 2011 the lease for the 471 hectares that now make up Gesha Village Estate was signed and soon after, Akalu, Gesha Village's (GV) Farm Manager was hired. 2011年秋天,現在組成gesha村莊的471公頃土地已經簽約,不久後,gesha魁夏藝技村農場聘請Akalu擔當經理。 He, together with the newly established GV team, began doing a forest exploration where they picked wild seeds from the nearby Gori Gesha forest.他和新成立的GV(gesha village)團隊一起開始森林探險,從附近的Gori Gesha森林採集野生種子。
· After a year in the nursery, these seeds were planted on 30 hectares and at the same time, the team began acquainting themselves with the Meanit neighbours that lived around them.在苗圃栽培一年後,這些種子被種植在30公頃的土地上,與此同時,他們開始與周圍居住的鄰居們相識。 This initial 30 hectares made up GV's first “test plot” – the team wanted to ensure the cup quality was good before more coffee was planted.這個最初的30公頃構成了GV(gesha village)的第一個“試驗農場” – 團隊希望在更多的咖啡種植之前確保杯測cup ping的質量是好的。 The first 1kg sample was sent to Adam and Rachel's friend Willem Boot in the spring of 2012 even before they themselves had a chance to cup.
· 2012年春季,第一個1公斤的樣本被送到亞當和雷切爾的朋友威廉·布特(Willem Boot),甚至在他們自己有機會cup ping之前。 Willem in turn organized a Cupping Caravan in Ethiopia where cuppers were blown away by the coffee.威廉在埃塞俄比亞又組織了一個cup ping大聯盟,這個咖啡樣品被拿走了。 At this point, the GV team knew that they were onto something special.在這一點上,GV團隊知道他們正在變得特別,有好事發生。
· Before getting too ahead of themselves, the team decided to visit their neighbours' coffee farms in order to both study the morphology of more established trees, which also came from forest seeds, and also to cup their neighbours' coffees to further understand what they were working with at GV.在更多的超越之前,團隊決定訪問鄰居的咖啡農場,以便研究更多樹木的形態,這些樹木也來自森林種子,並且杯測鄰居的咖啡,以進一步瞭解它們是如何管理。
· As exciting as cultivating forest coffee was, the team understood that planting one of any variety was risky and on the advice of Akalu and Dr. Girma, decided to plant a good portion of GV with tried and tested Ethiopian heirloom varieties released from the Jimma Argicultural Research Center (JARC).與培育森林咖啡一樣令人興奮的是,研究小組瞭解到種植任何一種品種都是有風險的,並且在Akalu和Girma博士的建議下,決定種植一大批GV(GESHA VILLAGE),其中包括從Jimma Argicultural發展的久經考驗的埃塞俄比亞傳家寶品種研究中心(JARC)。 These released varieties come from various seed collection expeditions that JARC has conducted.這些釋放的品種來自JARC進行的各種種子收集考察。
· 研究探險期間收集的野生品種,研究人員在確定哪些是“優良植物”時尋找以下特徵:
· a)明顯的抗病性; b) excellent cup quality;
· b)優秀的杯測質量; and c) good yield.
· c)良好的收益。
· Plants showing these characteristics are chosen for release and GV chose to plant a variety that originated in the highland coffee forests of Illubabor.顯示這些特徵的植物被選擇用,並且GV選擇了起源於Illubabor(伊魯巴布爾)的高地咖啡森林的各種植物。
· This one showed both disease resistance and excellent cup quality.這一個顯示抗病性和優秀質量。
· We can say that over the course of cupping the different varieties produced on GV, these research varieties have some of the most exciting cup profiles that Gesha Village have produced.我們可以說,在對GV生產的不同品種進行杯測的過程中,這些研究品種有一些Gesha Village(
瑰夏村咖啡)生產的最令人興奮的品質。 With varieties playing such an important role in quality and cup profile, it makes perfect sense that the GV team found research partners to carry out a methodical genetic study on the Gesha forest varieties.隨著品種在品質方面發揮如此重要的作用,GV團隊找到了研究夥伴,對Gesha森林品種進行系統的遺傳研究,這是非常有意義的。 Part of that study concerns the possible connection between Panamanian geisha and coffee from the Gori Gesha Forest.
前街咖啡烘焙的瑰夏村咖啡豆-瑰夏村日曬瑰夏咖啡在品牌和品質上都有充分的保證。而更爲重要的是,性價比極其高,一包半磅100克,價格只是150元而已。按照每杯單品咖啡15克粉來計算,一包可制6杯咖啡,每杯僅需要25元左右,對於咖啡館出售動輒上百塊一杯的價格來說可謂性價比極高。