Isithombe: Traditional Hop Storage

Isithombe sibonisa umbono womoya ocebile endaweni yokugcina i-hop, lapho kokubili ukusebenza nokuhlonipha izithako kuhlangana khona. Enkabeni yesehlakalo kukhona umgqomo wokhuni oqinile, ogcwele izigaxa ze-hop omisiwe. Ama-hop, aluhlaza okotshani okuphaphathekile anombala ophuzi osagolide, agcwele phama, ama-papery bracts agoqene futhi akhiwe ngendlela efanayo, okwenza kube nombono wamagugu antekenteke kodwa anephunga elimnandi. Ikhoni ngayinye, nakuba yomile, igcina isimo esihlukile kanye nesakhiwo esake sasichaza ethanjeni, manje esilondolozelwe ukuhambisa amafutha abalulekile nama-resin enqubweni yokuphisa. Ukukhanya, okufudumele nokwemvelo, kwehlela kancane emgqonyeni, kugcizelela ukunotha okuthintekayo kwama-hops futhi kuvusa iphunga elicashile elingabanjwa indawo enjalo ngokuqinisekile—ukuxutshwa kwamanothi anomhlaba, ezimbali, nanenhlaka echaza umphefumulo kabhiya.

Kwesokunxele sokwakheka, inqwaba yamasaka e-burlap incike ngokuthula ngodonga lwesitini. Ukwakheka kwawo okumahhadlahhadla kuphambene nezikali ezintekenteke zamakhoni omisiwe, okukhumbuza umbukeli ngohlangothi oluthobekile, lwezolimo lokukhiqizwa kwe-hop. Lamasaka, agcwele izinto ezomisiwe, akhuluma ngenala nesivuno, izindawo zawo ezimahhadlahhadla zithambe kancane ngenxa yokukhanya okusagolide okusefa ekamelweni. Basikisela kokubili umsebenzi wezandla wokupakisha nokuthutha amahops kanye nokungaphelelwa yisikhathi kwalezi zindlela, okungashintshiwe ezizukulwaneni zesiko lokuphisa.

Kwesokudla, amashalofu aphakama kahle ohlakeni, akleliswe ngemigqa yezimbiza zengilazi, ngalinye ligcwele amahophu ekhoni ephelele. Izimbiza zicwebezela kancane ngaphansi kokukhanya, izindonga zazo ezibonisa ngale ziveza amahops agcwele ngaphakathi. Ngokungafani nobuningi obuvamile bomgqomo namasaka, lezi zimbiza ziveza ukunemba nokunakekela, indlela eklanyelwe ukuvikela iphunga nokusha. Ukuhlangana kwezimbiza namasaka ama-burlap kugcizelela izindlela ezahlukene ama-hops agcinwe ngazo zonke izikhathi: enye indlela i-rustic futhi iyasebenza, enye ilawulwa futhi yenziwe ngamabomu, ngayinye inikela ngendlela yayo ekulondolozweni kwalesi sithako esintekenteke kodwa esibalulekile.

Ingemuva lesigameko—udonga lwezitini olune-rustic, olufudumele futhi oluthungwe—luqinisa ukwakheka ngokwesiko. Ibonisa indawo yokugcina impahla esakwazi ukumelana nesikhathi, indawo lapho isizini nesizini, isivuno emva kokuvuna, amahops omisiwe, apakishwa, futhi agcinelwa abaphisi botshwala. Isilungiselelo sizizwa sisondelene kodwa sinwebeka, sicwile emlandweni kodwa sisaphila ngenjongo. Inhlanganisela yokhuni, isitini, ingilazi, kanye ne-burlap kudala ukunotha okuthintekayo nokubonakalayo, into ngayinye inikela emkhathini wobuciko nokunakekela.

Ndawonye, lezi zakhi zixoxa indaba ebanzi mayelana nendima yama-hops ekukhiqizeni utshwala. Uma esehlwithwe ensimini ekuphakameni kwawo okunephunga elimnandi, ama-hop antekenteke kakhulu, adinga ukoma ngokushesha futhi agcinwe ngokucophelela ukuze alondoloze amafutha awo abalulekile nama-alpha acid. Isithombe sithwebula leyo bhalansi ethambile phakathi kokuchichima nokulondolozwa, phakathi kobuhle besikhathi esidlule bekhoni entsha kanye nesidingo esiqhubekayo sokugcina uhlamvu lwayo lunjalo ezinyangeni ezizayo. Umgqomo, amasaka, nezimbiza akusebenzi nje njengeziqukathi, kodwa njengabavikeli bokunambitheka, okuqinisekisa ukuthi uma isikhathi sifika, umenzi wotshwala angasebenzisa ama-hop ahlala edlangile futhi eyiqiniso kumsuka wawo.

Isimo sengqondo sisonke esokuhlonipha nokuqhubeka. Ihlonipha umsebenzi wezolimo oletha ama-hops kusuka ensimini kuya endlini yokugcina impahla, izinqubo zendabuko eziqinisekisa ukuphila kwabo isikhathi eside, kanye nobuciko bokwenza utshwala obugcina buwaguqule abe ubhiya. Lesi senzakalo simema umbukeli ukuba abone ngeso lengqondo amakha ahlala emoyeni—amakhambi, okubabayo kancane, okusawolintshi kancane—kanye nokukhala okuthule kwendawo okusetshenzwa kuyo lapho into ngayinye, kusukela esakeni kuye kujeke, idlala indima yayo ekuvikeleni isithako esinephunga elimnandi kakhulu lokuphisa. Leli akulona nje igumbi lokugcina; kuyindawo engenzeka, lapho ingqikithi yobhiya besikhathi esizayo ilele ilindile, igcinwe ngokucophelela nangokulangazela, ilungele ukuvuswa eketela likabhiya.

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