Hoto: Selection of Coffee Malt Grains

Yaduwa a saman katako mai ƙorafi, hoton yana gabatar da wasan kwaikwayo na gani na hatsin sha'ir mara kyau, kowane tari ya bambanta a cikin inuwa da hali. An shirya hatsin a cikin tsari na gangan, kusan tsarin tunani - tudu guda takwas, kowanne yana wakiltar wani mataki na gasa ko kisa. Daga palest tan zuwa mafi zurfin cakulan launin ruwan kasa, bakan launi ba wai kawai mai ban sha'awa ba ne amma yana ba da labari mai zurfi, yana ba da hangen nesa a cikin bambance-bambance da rikitarwa na malt da aka yi amfani da su wajen shayarwa da distilling. Hasken yana da dumi da jagora, yana fitar da inuwa mai laushi wanda ke haɓaka kwatancen kowane hatsi da bambance-bambancen dabara a cikin launi, ƙirƙirar ma'anar zurfi da kusanci.

Ƙarƙashin katako da ke ƙarƙashin ƙwayar hatsi yana ƙara ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan tsari, hatsi na halitta da rashin lahani yana ƙarfafa yanayin fasaha na wurin. Gidan baya ne da ke jin yana zaune a ciki kuma yana da inganci, kamar dai yana cikin ƙananan masana'anta ko gidan malt na gargajiya inda ake sarrafa kayan abinci tare da girmamawa da kulawa. Haɗin kai tsakanin sautin dumin itace da gasassun launukan sha'ir yana haifar da palette mai jituwa wanda ke haifar da ƙasƙanci da gyare-gyare.

Kowane tulin malt yana ba da labarinsa. Ƙananan hatsi, zinariya da dan kadan mai sauƙi, suna ba da shawarar malts-waɗanda ke da tushe waɗanda ke ba da sukari mai ƙima da ɗanɗano mai laushi. Yayin da ido ke motsawa a kan hoton, launuka suna zurfafawa, suna canzawa ta hanyar amber, jan karfe, da russet, har sai sun kai ga masu arziki, launin ruwan duhu na malt na musamman. Waɗannan ƙwaya masu duhu, tare da filayensu masu sheƙi da ɗan fashe-fashe, suna nuna ƙaƙƙarfan hanyoyin gasa waɗanda ke buɗe ɗanɗanon kofi, koko, burodin gasasshen, da hayaki mai laushi. Ci gaban launi ya fi na gani-taswirar hanya ce ta ɗanɗano, yana jagorantar mai yin giya ta hanyar yuwuwar jiki, ƙamshi, da sarƙaƙƙiya.

Shirye-shiryen da aka yi da hankali na hatsi yana magana da zurfin fahimtar rawar da suke da shi a cikin shayarwa. Ba watsewar bazuwar ba ce amma nuni mai kyan gani, wanda ke gayyatar tunani da bincike. Ana ƙarfafa mai kallo ya yi la'akari da yadda kowane malt zai iya ba da gudummawar zuwa ga gira na ƙarshe - yadda mafi sauƙi zai iya ba da ƙwanƙwasa ƙashin baya, yayin da mafi duhu zai iya gabatar da dacin rai ko gasasshen da ke daɗe. Hoton ya zama kayan aiki don hasashe, hanzari don haɓaka girke-girke, da kuma bikin haɓakar kayan aikin.

Yanayin gaba ɗaya shine ɗayan natsuwa sophistication. Akwai jin natsuwa da mai da hankali, kamar dai hatsin suna jiran zaɓe, auna, da canza su. Hasken walƙiya, laushi, da abun da ke ciki duk suna ba da gudummawa ga yanayin da ke girmama sana'ar ƙira-ba kawai kimiyya ba, amma fasaha. Yana da tunatarwa cewa babban giya yana farawa da manyan sinadirai, kuma zaɓin da aka yi a wannan mataki zai sake maimaita kowane sip.

Wannan hoton ya fi nazari a cikin malt-girma ne ga tsarin halitta. Yana ɗaukar lokacin kafin dusar ƙanƙara, kafin tafasa, kafin fermentation, lokacin da duk abin da har yanzu yana yiwuwa kuma hangen nesa na masu shayarwa ya fara yin tsari. A cikin dumin sautunanta da tsarin tunani, yana gayyatar mai kallo don yin aiki tare da albarkatun ɗanɗano, don jin daɗin gasasshen gasa da launi, da kuma yin bikin kyawawan shuru na ƙirƙira a mafi girman matakinsa.

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