Isithombe: Ukuphuza ngeSussex Hops

Isithombe sithwebula isikhashana esivusa amadlingozi emhlabeni wokwenza isiphuzo esivamile, isigcawu esiletha ubudlelwano phakathi kwezithako ezingavuthiwe, ikhono lobuciko, kanye nobuciko obungaphelelwa isikhathi ekukhululekeni okubukhali. Ngaphambili, izandla zomdidiyeli wotshwala onolwazi ziboniswa ngokucophelela nangokunemba, ephethe amakhoni e-Sussex hop asanda kuvunwa. Izigaxa ngokwazo zigqamile futhi ziluhlaza, ama-paper bracts agqinsile njengamazenga, acwebezela kancane ngaphansi kokukhanya oku-amber-tinted okukhanyisa indawo. Lonke unqenqema nokugoqa kwe-hop cone kuyagqanyiswa, ijiyomethri yayo yemvelo ayisikiseli nje kuphela ubuhle bokubukwa kodwa futhi nengcebo efihliwe yezindlala ze-lupulin ngaphakathi—amachibi amancane amafutha abalulekile nama-resin azoguquka abe yiwona kanye ukunambitheka namaphunga achaza ubhiya osuphelile. Izandla zomenzi wotshwala, azinyakazi kodwa zimnene, zikhuluma iminyaka yokuzijwayeza nokuqonda, ukuhlola okuthintekayo kwamacones kubaluleke njengokubona noma ukuhogela. Kukulezi zenzo ezincane—ukucindezela kancane, ekhipha amanothi e-herbal acashile—lapho umenzi wotshwala enza khona izinqumo zokuqala ezizololonga isiphuzo sokugcina.

Ngalé nje kwezandla, phakathi nendawo, kumi igedlela elicwebezelayo, elicwebezelayo elibamba ukukhanya okufudumele kokukhanya kwegumbi. Amajika ayo ayindilinga avusa isiko lokuphisa kwamakhulu eminyaka, lapho izitsha zethusi zazingaziswa nje kuphela ngenxa yokusebenza kwazo kodwa nangobuhle bazo. Ukukhanya kweketela kusikisela kokubili amandla nobuhle, umkhumbi oklanyelwe ukumelana nokushisa nokucindezela kuyilapho uba umuntu oyinhloko ku-alchemy yokuphisa. Ukuba khona kwayo ekwakhiweni kwayo kusekela isithombe, okuyisikhumbuzo sokuthi lezi zigaxa ezithobekile, lapho zihlanganiswa nokusanhlamvu, imvubelo, namanzi, ziyobhekana noshintsho olukhulu phakathi kwezindonga zawo. Kulapha lapho amakha agconwa iminwe yomenzi wotshwala azoqhakaza khona abe izimbali eziyinkimbinkimbi, umunyu olinganiselayo ngokumelene nobumnandi bemalt, kanye namakhambi acashile afakwa enhliziyweni kabhiya.

Ngemuva, imigqa yemiphongolo ye-oki yengeza olunye ungqimba endabeni, izinti zazo eziguquguqukayo zinezimpawu zesikhathi nokusetshenziswa ngokuphindaphindiwe. Bama njengabalindi abathule, belindele ukuthi isiphuzo esibilayo sifike, amasonto noma izinyanga zokuguga okunesineke okuzocwengisa ubhiya ngokuqhubekayo, bawubeke ngezinongo ezihlukene. Ukuba khona kwawo okuqinile kuphambene nezigaxa ezintekenteke ezisezandleni zomenzi wotshwala, okubonisa ukuqhubeka kwenqubo yokuphisa—kusuka embalini entekenteke kuya emkhiqizo wokugcina oqinile. Imiphongolo, engagxilile kancane, idala umuzwa wokujula esithombeni, ingaphakamisi nje indawo ebonakalayo yendawo yokuphisa utshwala kodwa futhi nohambo olude lwesiko namagugu olusekela umsebenzi wezandla.

Ukukhanyisa kuhlanganisa konke ukwakheka ndawonye. Ithambile, isagolide, futhi ifudumele, igeleza endaweni yonke ngekhwalithi ecishe ibe nenhlonipho, yenza izithunzi ezithambile ezigcizelela ukwakheka—amagquma amakhoni e-hop, ukushelela kwethusi, uhlamvu olumahhadla lwe-oki. Lo mdlalo wokukhanya nesithunzi awugcini nje ngokukhanyisa; kusetha isimo, lowo ozizwa ucabanga futhi ungaphelelwa yisikhathi. Lidlulisela ukuziqhenya, ukubekezela, nokuzinikela, izindinganiso ezingenakuhlukaniswa nokukhiqizwa kwesilinganiso esiphakeme kakhulu. Umdidiyeli wotshwala, nakuba ebonakala kancane, unikezwa ngezandla zakhe, amathuluzi okuhweba kwakhe, okuveza umzuzu othulile wokuxhumana phakathi komlimi, isithako, kanye nengcweti.

Sekukonke, isithombe sixoxa indaba yokuzwana—phakathi kwenala yemvelo nekhono lomuntu, phakathi kwesivuno esidlula ngokushesha namasiko ahlala njalo, phakathi kobuciko obuphathekayo bokwenza utshwala kanye nokwaneliseka okungabonakali kokudala okuthile okukhethekile. Lawa mahops, abekwe ezandleni zomthengisi wotshwala, awawona nje ama-raw material; ziwumongo wendawo, inkathi, namasiko, athwetshulwe ngendlela, ngokucophelela nangokuzinikela, maduze nje azokwabiwa kuwo wonke ubhiya. Lesi sigcawu asivezi nje isenzo esibonakalayo sokuphisa kodwa umoya wakho, inhlanganisela yesayensi nobuciko, amagugu kanye nokusha, ukubekezela nokuzigqaja.

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