Hoʻopili pinepine ʻia nā lau kī me ke kōkua o aMīkini Hoʻolāʻau Ti, akā ʻo ke kī ʻeleʻele no ka exogenous microbial fermentation, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka hopena enzymatic o nā lau iā lākou iho, kōkua pū nā microorganisms waho i kāna fermentation. Ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania, ua wehewehe ʻia ke kaʻina hana ʻeleʻele e like me "oxidation", ʻo ia hoʻi ka oxidization, ʻoiai ʻo ke kī ʻeleʻele ka "ferment" maoli.

ʻO ka Fermentation kahi hana kūikawā o ka hana kīʻeleʻele. I ka pōʻeleʻele kī ma hopeMīkini Kaʻa kī wili, ʻo ke kaʻina o ka puʻu ʻo ia ke kaʻina o ka fermentation, ʻo ka pahu kī ʻeleʻele paʻa paʻa paʻa, kāpīpī ʻia me ka wai, kī ʻeleʻele i kaMīkini hoʻoheheʻe kī ʻeleʻelema hope o kekahi degere o ka humidity a me ka wela mana, i ka waena konu o ka puʻu i ka manawa e hiki ai ka mahana i 70 degere Celsius, e hoohuli i ka puu e hana i ka wela aahu, pela e hana hou i na manawa he nui. Hoʻoikaika i ka hana o nā enzymes i loko o ke kī, i hui pū ʻia me ka hana microbial, e hāpai i ka hoʻololi ʻana o ke kī.

Ke kūpono nā mea a pau, hiki i ka microbes ke metabolism ponoʻī, i hui pū ʻia me nā enzyme extracellular a lākou e huna ai, hiki ke hoʻopau i ka nui o nā polyphenols kī, polysaccharides, protopectin, terpenes, proteins, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i loko o ke kī, e hopena i ka hoʻokumu ʻana o ka pōʻeleʻele. ʻala kū hoʻokahi a me ka ʻono o ke kī.

A ma waho aʻe o ka Wadding fermentation, loaʻa i ke kī ʻeleʻele kahi fermentation lua kūʻokoʻa, ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo ka post-fermentation, ʻo ia ka app pepehi maoli o ke kī ʻeleʻele.

ʻO ke kaʻina hana hope loa o ke kī ʻeleʻele, ʻo ia ke kaomi ʻana i nā lau kī i loko o nā pōhaku lepo a i ʻole nā ​​​​keke e kaMīkini Paʻi Keke kī e hele ma ke alanui kī lōʻihi. Ma kēia alanui lōʻihi, mālama mau ʻia nā lau kī i loko o kahi ventilated, kahi haʻahaʻa a me ka mahana, a laila ma hope o kekahi mau makahiki o ka fermentation maoli, ua kapa ʻia kēia kaʻina hana fermentation lua, ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo ka post-fermentation.