Isithombe: I-Fresh East Kent Golding Hops

Lesi sithombe esisondelene esivusa amadlingozi sithwebula isithombe esiphilayo se-East Kent Golding hops, okungenye yezinhlobo ze-hop ezithandwa kakhulu ekuphuzweni kwendabuko kwaseBrithani. Ingaphambili libuswa iqoqo lamakhoni, ama-bracts awo agqagqene akha izakhiwo eziphelele, ezimise okwe-teardrop ezibonakala zicishe zenziwe ngesandla imvelo ngokwayo. Isikali ngasinye sicwebezela kancane ekukhanyeni okuthambile kwemvelo, ukuthungwa kwayo okuthambile kwephepha kugqanyiswe ngokunemba, kuveza inhlobonhlobo yamathunzi aluhlaza ukusuka kumcako ophaphathekile emaqenjini kuya kumathoni ajulile, acebile phansi. Amacones abonakala entekenteke futhi eqinile, amafomu awo ahlangene afaka i-lupulin esagolide ewumthombo wephunga lawo elimnandi kubhiya. Ukukhanyisa kusabalele futhi kumnene, akuwenzi ithunzi elibi, esikhundleni salokho kugoqa ama-hops ngokukhanya okulinganayo okugcizelela ubusha bawo obuphilayo.

Ezungeza izigaxa, amaqabunga abanzi, anhlamvana e-hop bine asabalele ngaphandle, uhlaza lwawo olujulile, oluluhlaza olwenza ingemuva eliluhlaza elikhulisa ukukhanya kwamacones ngokwawo. Imithambo engaphakathi kwamaqabunga ibamba ukukhanya ngokucashile, iwanikeze ikhwalithi enezinhlangothi ezintathu futhi iphakamisa ukugeleza okuqhubekayo kwezakhi ezondla isitshalo kusukela enhlabathini evundile yaseKentish engezansi. Lesi sithombe simema isibukeli ukuba sicabange ukuhwashaza okupholile kwamaqabunga kuheleza umoya wasehlobo, kanye nephunga elincanyana elikhipha inhlaka lapho inhlaka incinywa kancane—iphunga eliyinkimbinkimbi lomhlaba, ubumnandi boju, namawolintshi athambile kuhlangana ndawonye.

Ekwakhiweni kwaso, isithombe sibeka ama-hops hhayi njengezibonelo ezihlukene, kodwa njengezingxenye eziphilayo ze-ecosystem ephumelelayo. Izigaxa zilenga kahle eziqwini ezithambile, okusikisela ukulungela ukuvunwa, kodwa futhi kukhombisa umjikelezo wokukhula, ukutshala, nokuvuselela osekuchaze ukulima kwe-hop amakhulu eminyaka emaphandleni ase-Kent. Lokhu kugxilisa emvelweni kuxhumene ngqo nefa lobungcweti bokuphisa. I-East Kent Golding ehlukahlukene, eyaqala ukutshalwa ngekhulu le-18, iseyinsika yesiko lokuphisa lamaNgisi, elaziswa ngokulingana kwayo okucashile okubabayo kanye nezimfanelo ezicolisisiwe zephunga elimnandi. Iminikelo yayo kuzitayela zakudala—i-bitters, i-pale ales, i-porters, nama-IPAs esiNgisi endabuko—kuyinganekwane, enikeza uhlamvu oluvinjiwe kodwa oluhlukile olunomhlaba, olunezimbali, olubabayo kancane, futhi olumnandi.

Isimo sesithombe esokuhlonipha kanye nobuciko. Awethuli ama-hops eyedwa emvelaphi yawo kodwa kunalokho iwabeka ngaphakathi kwengqikithi yawo yemvelo, ezungezwe yiwona kanye amaqabunga awondlekile kanye nomhlabathi oshiwo ngale kohlaka. Izigaxa azifanekiseli nje izithako ezingavuthiwe, kodwa ifa lolwazi lotshwala elidluliselwa ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane. Ukuba khona kwabo kanye kuvusa umsebenzi ocophelelayo wabalimi abanakekela amabhodwe abo ngezikhathi zonyaka, ukulindela isivuno, kanye nobuciko babaphisi botshwala abaguqula lezi zigaxa eziluhlaza zibe izinkulumo eziwuketshezi zesiko nomlando.

Enhliziyweni yaso, isithombe sikhumbuza isibukeli ukuthi ubhiya omnandi usekelwe ezweni. Iphayinti ngalinye elenziwe nge-East Kent Goldings liqukethe indaba yalawa makhoni: ukukhula kwawo ngaphansi kwesibhakabhaka esithambile samaNgisi, ukuvunwa kwawo ekuvuthweni okuphezulu, kanye nokufakwa kwawo ezindleleni ezihlonipha isiko lamakhulu eminyaka. Ukugxila ngokucophelela kumacones, okulingana nokufiphala okuthambile kwamaqabunga azungezile, kudala umuzwa wokusondelana nesitshalo ngokwaso, okukhuthaza umbukeli ukuthi ame kancane futhi ajabulele hhayi nje isayensi, kodwa ubuciko obukhona ekukhiqizeni utshwala.

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