Isithombe: Ukuziqhenya kweRingwood Hops

Umfanekiso wethula ukuvezwa okusondelene, okucishe kuhlonipheke kwe-Pride of Ringwood hop cones, eyenziwe yaphila ngezinga lemininingwane enqamula umugqa ophakathi kocwaningo lwesayensi yezitshalo nomgubho wobuciko. Enkabeni yesakhiwo, izigaxa ezimbili ezivelele zilenga ngemuva kwengemuva elifiphele kancane elinsundu ngokusagolide, ama-bract awo aluhlaza agqagqene ekubunjweni okuqinile, okunezingqimba okusikhumbuza izikali emfanekisweni oqoshiwe oyinkimbinkimbi. Ukwakheka kucace kangangokuthi umuntu angacishe ezwe ukucwebezela okungatheni kwephepha kwama-bracts, ngayinye inemithambo ethambile futhi isonge kancane emaphethelweni. Ukukhanya okufudumele, okuqondisayo kugezela ezindaweni zazo, kugubuzele amakhoni ngokukhazimula okusagolide-okuluhlaza okotshani kuyilapho kuveza izithunzi ezicashile ezigqamisa isimo sazo sezinhlangothi ezintathu.

Okwenza lo mfanekiso uhluke, nokho, ukuvezwa okumangalisayo kwengqikithi yangaphakathi ye-hop—ama-resin namafutha e-lupulin achaza uhlobo lwayo lokuphisa. Phakathi kwama-bracts, kuphuma inhlaka ewugqinsi, e-amber-golden, ibenyezela sengathi ibanjwe ukuconsa. Le mininingwane eyihaba kodwa esekelwe ngokwesayensi iguqula umfanekiso ube ngaphezu kwesithombe esimile; kuba umzuzu oguquguqukayo, isingathekiso esibukwayo sendlela amahops akhulula ngayo izimfanelo zawo zokuguqula zibe ubhiya. I-resin ngokwayo icwebezela ngokukhazimula okukhazimulayo, ekhipha uju noma inhlaka encibilikisiwe, ubuso bayo buthwebula ukukhanya ngendlela ebonisa kokubili ubungqabavu namandla. Ibonisa ukuziqhenya kwesithunzi sesibindi se-Ringwood: ikhono layo lokunikeza ukubaba okugomelayo kanye nezingqimba eziyinkimbinkimbi zesinongo somhlaba, inhlaka, namawolintshi acashile eziphuzweni ezithandwayo.

Ngemuva, athanjiswe ngokujula kwenkambu engajulile, amakhoni engeziwe ahlala ekugxilweni okunomthunzi, okuqinisa umuzwa wobuningi ngaphandle kokuphazamisa idrama emaphakathi ye-resin nokuthungwa. Ingemuva elisagolide elithulisiwe alihlukanisi kuphela amakhoni ngaphambili kodwa futhi lidala umuzwa wokufudumala nokujula, linanela amathoni e-resin kuyilapho lihambisana nohlaza lwemvelo. Lokhu kuvumelana kombala kuphakamisa ama-hops kusuka emikhiqizweni yezolimo elula kuya ezingxenyeni eziseduze-zezinganekwane, ezihlonishwa ngendima yazo ku-alchemy yokuphisa.

Isimo sesiqephu siyabungaza, kodwa futhi sinobuciko obujulile. Ngokugqamisa kokubili ubuhle bangaphandle bekhoni kanye nengcebo efihliwe ye-lupulin ngaphakathi, isithombe sidlulisa ububili obusenhliziyweni yokulima kwe-hop. Lezi akuzona nje izitshalo kodwa ziyimikhumbi enamandla ezinzwa, elolongwa izizukulwane zabalimi nabaphisi botshwala abaye bacija umsebenzi wabo ukuze bathole ukunambitheka okuhle, ukubaba nephunga elimnandi. I-Pride of Ringwood, ikakhulukazi, idume ngokubaluleka kwayo ngokomlando ekwenziweni kotshwala kwase-Australia, njengoba ichaze ukunambitheka kwenkathi ngezinhlamvu zayo eziqinile nezingangatshazwa. Lo mfanekiso uthwebula lelo fa, wethula i-hop hhayi nje njengomkhiqizo wezolimo kodwa njengophawu lwesiko lokuphuza utshwala.

Ekugcineni, ukwakheka kumema umbukeli ukuthi abambezele, acabange inzwa ethintekayo yokuhlikihla ikhoni phakathi kweminwe yakhe, ekhulula ama-resin anamathelayo namagagasi akhipha iphunga elimnandi, elibabayo, elinenhlaka. Idlulisa ukulindela kwalawa mafutha ahlangana ne-hot wort, izinhlanganisela zawo eziguquguqukayo ezifaka ubhiya ngobunkimbinkimbi. Ngale ndlela, umsebenzi wobuciko wedlula ukumelwa nje, uba ibhuloho lezinzwa phakathi kwenkundla, iziko, nengilazi-ihubo elibonakalayo lobuciko, ikhwalithi, kanye nefa elihlala njalo le-Pride of Ringwood hop.

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