Isithombe: I-Tettnanger Hop Harvest

Isithombe sithwebula isigqi esingapheli sokutshalwa kwe-hop, isiko elicwiliswe ukubekezela, ukunemba, kanye nenhlonipho ngemvelo. Lesi sigameko senzeka endaweni enkulu, ehleleke kahle ye-hop lapho ama-trellis amade ephakama emigqeni ehlelekile, ngayinye eboshelwe ngamabhande aluhlaza okwegolide akhuphuka ngokulangazela aye esibhakabhakeni, izigaxa zawo zibenyezela ngaphansi kokufudumala kwelanga lasemini. Amahops anyakaza kamnandi kuheleza oluhelezayo lwasehlobo, ama-paper bracts awo ahefuzela kancane, njengokungathi izimfihlo zokukhiqiza utshwala ezihlebezayo ezidluliselwa kusukela kwesinye isizukulwane kuya kwesinye. Le ndawo, echazwa ngobuningi bayo obuluhlaza kanye nejiyomethri ehlanzekile, ibonisa ifa elijulile lezolimo le-Tettnanger hops, izinhlobonhlobo ezigujwa ngama-aromatics acashile kanye nendima ebalulekile ekuphuzweni kwendabuko.

Ngaphambili, izisebenzi ezintathu zihamba ngamabomu phakathi kwezivini, izigqoko zazo zotshani ziwumthunzi ekukhanyeni kwasemini. Izingubo zabo ziyasebenza, zilula, futhi zifanele amahora amade ngaphansi kwelanga, kodwa izenzo zabo ziphethe ubuciko bomkhuba nokunakekela. Ngezandla eziqinile futhi eqinisekile, bakha ama-hop cones avuthiwe, bahlole ukulungela kwabo ngokuthinta nokuhogela. Ikhoni ngayinye ihlolelwa ukunamathela okucacile kwe-lupulin, inhlaka esagolide efihlwe ngaphakathi egcina amafutha nama-asidi abalulekile kumlingiswa kabhiya. Ukunyakaza kwawo akuxhamazeli kodwa kunembile ngokungaxhamazeli, okubonisa kokubili inhlonipho ngesitshalo nokuqonda ukuthi ikhwalithi iza kuphela ngokulalelisisa.

Ngemuva kwawo, indawo emaphakathi iveza uqweqwe oluminyene, olulukiwe lwamaqabunga namabhina anwebeka ngokuqondana okuphelele kuyo yonke insimu. Isakhiwo esiphilayo, esidalwe ngakho kokubili ukukhula kwemvelo kanye nokuqondisa komuntu, lapho izigxobo eziqinile nezintambo ezingaphezulu zihlinzeka ngohlaka lokuthi ama-hops achume. Umhlabathi ongaphansi, omnyama futhi ovundile, ufakazela ukuvunda komhlaba kanye nokunakekelwa okutshalwe ekulinyweni kwawo. Lapha, indawo yezolimo ayiyona nje ingemuva kodwa ingumlingiswa oyinhloko endabeni, ehlinzeka ngamaminerali, imisoco, kanye nomswakama odingekayo ukuze kukhiqizwe lezi zigaxa ezithambile kodwa ezinamandla.

Buqamama, indawo ivuleka emagqumeni ajikayo ajika kancane emkhathizwe, anezindlu zasemapulazini uphahla lwazo olubomvu kanye nenhlese ye-rustic engeza ukuthinta komuntu ku-panorama yezokwelusa. Lezi zakhiwo zimi njengezimpawu zokuqhubeka, ubuso bazo obunesimo sezulu esishisayo bubonisa izizukulwane zemindeni ezinikele ekutshaleni amahops e-Tettnanger. Ukuhlanganiswa kwamasimu avundile, amagquma ashanelayo, nezindlu zasemapulazini ezincane kodwa eziqinile akuvezi nje umuzwa wobuhle kodwa futhi nokuhlala unomphela, kukhumbuza isibukeli ukuthi le nqubo yezolimo iwukuziphilisa kanye nefa.

Ukukhanya ngokwako kubonakala kudlala indima ebalulekile kuleli thebula. Ilanga lasemini ligeza yonke indawo ngombala osagolide ofudumele, likhanyisa uhlaza olugqamile lwama-hops futhi likhiphe izithunzi ezithambile ezigcizelela ukukhonkoloza kwamaqabunga namakhoni. Lokhu kuhlangana kokukhanya nesithunzi kuletha ukujula esithombeni, kugqamisa ukuthungwa kwemvelo kwezitshalo nokuzimisela okuthulile okugxilwe ekumeni kwezisebenzi. Ukufudumala kokukhanya kuthuthukisa umoya onokuthula kodwa okhuthele, okuvusa kokubili ukuthula nobungqabavu ngokulingana.

Ngokuhlangene, zonke lezi zici zakha ukuvezwa okucacile kokutshalwa kwe-Tettnanger hop hhayi nje njengomsebenzi wezolimo kodwa njengomkhuba wamasiko, oboshelwe ngokujulile nomhlaba, isiko, kanye nokuphishekela ikhwalithi eqhubekayo ekukhiqizeni utshwala. Lesi sithombe sisikisela ukuzwana phakathi kokusebenza komuntu nemijikelezo yemvelo, lapho yonke imininingwane—kusukela ekunakekeleni ngokucophelela amabhobhothi kuya emaphandleni agelezayo angemuva—inikela khona ekupheleleni okukhulu. Kuyisikhumbuzo sokuthi ama-flavour namaphunga ahlukile esiwanambitha kubhiya osuphelile aqala lapha, emikhakheni efana nalena, lapho ukuzinikela komuntu nokuchichima kwemvelo kuhlangana khona.

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