Sidamo Coffee introduction, Yega Snow Coffee Bean Baking

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Dharma's coffee is very diverse in flavor. Different soil types, microclimates and countless native coffee species, towering mountains, highlands, plateaus, valleys and plains, diverse topography, and the geology of the area belongs to nutrient-rich, well-drained volcanic soil. the depth of the soil is nearly two meters, and the surface soil is dark brown or brown. The biggest advantage of the area is that the soil fertility is maintained through the circulation of organic matter, using the withered leaves of the surrounding trees or the residual roots of the plants as fertilizer. Therefore, the coffee produced in cities and towns has obvious differences and characteristics. In 2010-2012, it continuously obtained the high score of CR92~94, the authoritative coffee evaluation website in the United States. Thus it can be seen that the raw beans in this area are extraordinary.

Sidamo Coffee beans are grayish, thick in some places and small in others, with soft and strong acidity, mellow and sweet and spicy. It is one of the courtyard coffees in the highlands of southern Ethiopia. Unlike ordinary African coffee, Sidamo has clear acidity, smooth taste and delicate floral smell.

As the top washed coffee in Ethiopia, which is the origin of coffee, Ethiopia Washed Yirgacheffe has the characteristics, high quality and low yield, so it has the factor of top coffee and is naturally very popular. Yega snow coffee is almost synonymous with the best coffee in Ethiopia! Up to 5800-6600 feet above sea level, it is famous for its lemon flavor and floral smell. The coffee beans are exported to Japan and Europe, but are rarely seen in the United States.

In order to fully experience the taste of Yejasuffe Yirgacheffe, the coffee was roasted in both light and deep stages, hand-ground and brewed in a pressure pot.

Light-baked Yirgacheffe, roast over low heat for 15 minutes, turn off the heat and glide for half a minute, then cool the beans and blow off the silver skin. The coffee beans are roasted evenly (because the raw beans are washed and clean) and brown. When using hand coffee grinding, it feels good, smooth and moderate resistance. The dry aroma of coffee powder was a little earthy at first, and then there was a strong, introverted aroma. After brewing, the wet fragrance has obvious orange fruit aroma, and some sour and sweet taste similar to Hawthorn and fruit peel. On the mouth, the taste is a little thin and balanced, with a faint and mild sour taste, rich in oil and long-lasting foam.

Bake the medium-deep baked Yirgacheffe over low heat for 17 minutes, turn off the heat and glide for half a minute, then cool the beans and blow off the silver skin. there is a slight oil on the surface of the coffee beans and the beans are black and brown. Beans are very light, the resistance when using hand coffee grinding is very small, and it is not easy to drop beans. The dry aroma of coffee powder has a strong scorched fragrance and a faint smell of African soil. After brewing, the wet fragrance has a good burnt fragrance, and after deep baking, it seems to have completely lost the regional characteristics of the orange flavor. But after the coffee entrance sipping, very rich, fragrant and pleasant, rich in variety, gentle sour, bitter, astringent are well reflected, the texture is thick, the consistency is better than shallow baking, and the finish is long.

Yejaschefine Yirgacheffe has good performance in both light baking and medium-deep baking: if you like the unique orange fruit aroma, light and mild taste, you can choose the light baked Yirgacheffe, which will produce beans at the end of the first explosion; if you pay attention to the richness and thickness of the taste, as well as the consistency and aftertaste, you can choose the lightly oiled Yirgacheffe baked in Vienna, which will produce beans in the middle and later stages of the second explosion. Because Yejia snow coffee Yirgacheffe is washed with water and has relatively high water content, it is necessary to pay attention to sufficient dehydration time; nor should it be roasted for too long, so as not to emit more homeopathic coffee aroma substances at high temperature for a long time. To be just right, low heat and a small amount of coffee should be roasted for about 15 to 20 minutes.