Isithombe: Southern Brewer Hop Cones

Isithombe sithwebula isikhathi esidlulayo, esicishe sibe ngcwele kumjikelezo wempilo wesitshalo se-hop, lapho ukukhanya, umswakama, nesimo kuhlangana khona ukuze kwakhe isigcawu esikhipha amandla nesithembiso. Izigaxa ezimbili eziminyene ze-Southern Brewer hop zilenga kahle eziqwini zazo, zilenga ekugoneni okusagolide kokukhanya kwelanga ekuseni kakhulu. Isigaxa ngasinye sicwebezela amaconsi amazolo, amanzi anamathele kuma-bracts angamaphepha njengamatshe ayigugu, acwebezela ukukhanya abe amathonsi amancane. Lawa maconsi alandela umkhondo wamakhoni, egcizelela ukwakheka kwawo okunengqimba kanye nejometri yemvelo, kuyilapho ephakamisa ubusha bokuntwela kokusa okupholile ngaphambi kokuba kufike ukufudumala kosuku. Ukukhanya okungaphezulu akugcini nje ngokuthuthukisa ukunotha okubonakalayo kodwa futhi kusebenza njengesikhumbuzo esicashile sokukhuthazela kwesitshalo nobuhlobo baso obuseduze nezakhi ezilolonga ukukhula kwaso.

Ama-cones ngokwawo aqinile kodwa ayinkimbinkimbi, anezikali ezidlulanayo ezigoqeka ndawonye zibe isakhiwo esihlangene. Ngaphakathi kwalezi zingqimba kukhona ingcebo efihlekile yezindlala ze-lupulin, inhlaka esagolide equkethe iphunga elimnandi nelibabayo elihlonishwa kakhulu ngayo. Nakuba kungabonakali kulo mfanekiso, khona kanye ukuba khona kwalezi ndlala kuchazwa ekuphuphumeni kwezigaxa kanye nokushintshashintsha kancane kwama-bracts ngaphansi kokukhanya kwelanga. Izigaxa zisesigabeni esihle kakhulu sokuvuthwa, amathoni awo aluhlaza agqamile akhazimula ngokuphila, athembisa inhlanganisela eyinkimbinkimbi yamanothi ababayo, anomhlaba, kanye nezimbali ezicashile aziswa kakhulu ngawo ama-Southern Brewer hop.

Ingemuva elifiphale kancane lithuthukisa ukuvelela kwesihloko, liguqule amahlamvu azungezile abe ukhanvasi opendekile oluhlaza negolide. Lesi sangemuva esingagxilile sidlulisela kokubili ukujula nokuchichima, okuphakamisa igceke lonke le-hop eliphilayo elinamakhoni afanayo, ngalinye linikela enzuzweni yesivuno. Umphumela wemvelo we-bokeh, oneziyingi zawo zokukhanya ezithambile, ulingisa ukufiphala kwelanga emaqabunga, uqinisa nakakhulu umuzwa wokuba maphakathi nendawo ephilayo, ephefumulayo.

Ukukhanyisa kudlala indima ebalulekile ethoni yemizwa yesithombe. Ukufudumala, imisebe yegolide ifaka indawo yesehlakalo umuzwa wokuzola nokuvunda, evusa isigqi esingapheli semijikelezo yezolimo. Kunjengokungathi ilanga ngokwalo liphulula ama-hop, liwakhulisela engxenyeni yawo yokugcina yokuphisa. Ukuhlangana kokukhanya nesithunzi kuwo wonke amakhoni kugcizelela isimo sawo sezinhlangothi ezintathu futhi kuveza ukushintsha okucashile kombala—kusuka eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka esihlahleni esinomthunzi ukuya kumibalabala ekhanyayo, cishe e-lime emaphethelweni akhanyayo.

Kukhona isithunzi esithulile ekuqanjweni, ukuhlonipha kokubili umklamo wemvelo kanye nobuciko bokulima. Amathenda, athambile futhi acishe abe yi-ethereal, agoqeka phezulu ngobuhle bemvelo, okubonisa ukukhula nokuqhubeka. Babeka izigaxa ngaphandle kokuphazamisa kuzo, bekhumbuza isibukeli ukuthi lezi zimbali eziyigugu azizona izinto ezingazodwa kodwa ziyingxenye ebalulekile yomugqa okhuphukayo onwebeka esibhakabhakeni ufuna ukukhanya nokusekelwa.

Sekukonke, lesi sithombe siqukethe okungaphezu kwemininingwane yesayensi yezitshalo—sixoxa indaba yobusha, ukunakekela, kanye nokulindela. Kubakhiqizi botshwala, ikhuluma ngamaphrofayili e-flavour azofaka indalo yawo ngezinhlamvu: ukubaba okubukhali, okuhlanzekile namanothi anuka kamnandi ahlukanisa amahops e-Southern Brewer. Kubalimi, kukhombisa umvuzo wokuphatha ngesineke, wokuqondisa isitshalo phakathi nezinkathi zonyaka size sifinyelele kulesi simo sokuvuthwa okuphelele. Futhi kumbukeli, idlulisela ukunotha kwezinzwa zemvelo ngokwayo, i-distilled ibe ama-cones amabili alula, ilenga ngokuthula ekuntweleni kokusa, ilindele ukufeza ikusasa labo kwezobuciko bokwenza utshwala.

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