Isithombe: I-East Kent Golding Hops Close-Up

Lesi sithombe esiseduze esimangalisayo sithwebula ubuhle nokubaluleka kwamahops ase-East Kent Golding, okungenye yezinhlobo ezinezindaba kanye nezinomthelela omkhulu emlandweni wokwenza utshwala. Maphakathi nohlaka, i-hop cone ikhanya ngokudlidlizela okuluhlaza okotshani, ama-bracts ayo agqagqene aphephezekile ngezendlalelo ezinembile, ezilinganayo ezigcizelela isimo sawo esiyi-conic ngokwemvelo. I-petal ngayinye efana nesikali ibonakala icishe ibe nemifanekiso ekupheleleni kwayo, futhi ukujula kwensimu okungajulile kuhlukanisa ikhoni ngokumelene nesizinda esithambile, esimaphakathi, okuvumela ukwakheka kwayo okuyinkimbinkimbi ukuthi kulawule ukunakwa okuphelele. Izigaxa ezizungezile ziyafiphala zibe ukufiphala okuthambile, okuqinisa isihloko esiyinhloko kuyilapho kusikisela ngobuningi beqoqo. Ukukhanya, okusabalalile futhi okufudumele, kugeza ama-hops ngokukhazimula okusagolide, kukhanyisa imithambo efiphele kanye namagquma acashile eduze kwama-bracts, njengokungathi kulandelelwa imigudu okugcinwa ngayo amafutha abalulekile nama-resin.

Umphumela ungowokubili ukusondelana nobukhulu. Kwelinye izinga, isithombe sisebenza njengocwaningo lwesayensi, sidonsela isibukeli emininingwaneni emincane yesakhiwo nokuqanjwa. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, iphethe ikhwalithi ehloniphekile, ecishe ibe yisakhiwo sodumo, ibeka i-hop cone hhayi nje njengomkhiqizo wezolimo kodwa njengophawu lwesiko lokuphuza utshwala. I-East Kent Goldings igujwa ngokulinganisela kwayo okuntekenteke kwamanothi anjengomhlaba, ezimbali, kanye noju, futhi ulimi olubonakalayo lwesithombe lubonisa leli gama: amacones abonakala ethambile kodwa eqinile, anesizotha ngobukhulu kodwa acebile ngokwesithembiso. Ingemuva elilufifi lisusa isiphazamiso, limema ukuzindla kwe-hop ngokwayo, kuyilapho ithoni iyonke iphakamisa kokubili ubusha nokuphelelwa isikhathi.

Lolu hlobo sekuyisikhathi eside luhlotshaniswa nama-ales esiNgisi asendulo, ikakhulukazi ama-bitters, ama-ales aphuzi, nama-porters. Ukubaba kwayo okukhawulelwe kanye nephunga elimnandi kuyenza ibe intandokazi phakathi kwabaphisi botshwala abafuna ukudala obhiya ngokujula nangokucashile kunokuba kube namandla amakhulu. Lobo bubili—amandla ahambisana nobuhle—buthola ukuzwakala kwesakhiwo esibonakalayo lapha. Ijiyomethri eyinkimbinkimbi yesigaxa ivusa amandla ekwakhiweni kwayo, kuyilapho ukuthambile kokukhanya kugqamisa ubuthakathaka bayo. Ngale ndlela, isithombe siba yisingathekiso senqubo yokuphisa ngokwayo: inyunyana yokunemba nobuciko, isayensi nemisebenzi yezandla.

Isithombe siphinde sidlulise umuzwa wokuqhubeka. Ngokugxila kuma-cones asanda kukhiwa, kugcizelela umsuka wezolimo kabhiya, kukhumbuza ababukeli ukuthi ngisho namasiko okuphuza acolisisiwe aqala emhlabathini, elangeni, nokunakekelwa ngokucophelela kwezingadi ze-hop. I-East Kent Golding, ikakhulukazi, ixhumanisa ukwenziwa kotshwala kwesimanje namakhulu eminyaka amagugu esiNgisi, ukutshalwa kwayo kugxile emaphandleni aseKentish kusukela ngekhulu le-18. Ngakho-ke isithombe asibi nje ukugujwa kobuhle bomzimba be-hop kodwa futhi ukuhlonipha okuthulile ukubaluleka kwayo kwamasiko nomlando.

Ekugcineni, lokhu kwakheka kukhuluma okungaphezu nje kobuhle. Ihlanganisa ingqikithi yokuphiswa kwe-artisan, lapho zonke izithako zikhethwa ngokucophelela futhi yonke imininingwane ibalulekile. Ukugxila okubukhali ku-hop cone, uma kuqhathaniswa nokungaziwa okufiphaziwe kwengemuva, kufanekisela ukugxila kowenza isiphuzo kukhwalithi, isiko, nokunambitha. Kuyisimemo sokwazisa hhayi iphayinti likabhiya kuphela kodwa nezimangaliso zemvelo nezinqubo ezibuhlungu ezenza kwenzeke.

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