The reason for the charming flavor of Yega Xuefei: unique coffee planting pattern and Ethiopian native species

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Coffee cultivation in Ethiopia is divided into:

Forest coffee forest coffee (8-10%), coffee trees and other crops coexist in the original forest, without any artificial care, farmers will regularly pick coffee fruit.

● Forest-semiforest coffee (30-35%), coffee tree planting area is located around the forest and farmers 'living area, coffee tree and forest coffee are the same natural production varieties, farmers will manage coffee tree planting area and plant other cash crops.

● Garden coffee (50-55%), coffee trees are planted around farmers 'living areas, and most of them are coffee planted by farmers themselves.

Plantation coffee (5-6%), large private growers with more processing facilities and production capacity.

Most coffee cultivation in Sidamo and Yegashefi is based on the pastoral coffee model, in which coffee farmers grow their own coffee trees near their living areas and harvest them during harvest season, then send them to nearby water-dependent processing plants for centralized processing (or centralized acquisition by middlemen). Except for a small number of plantation estates that have the strength to plant, pick and process coffee beans independently, coffee beans from many different regions and varieties will be processed centrally by the processing plant and then sent to the auction house for official evaluation and grading. This is why many Ethiopian coffee beans are named after the processing plant or cooperative, and it is also one of the reasons why the same batch of coffee beans is mixed with multiple coffee varieties, and even the flavor of different batches of coffee beans produced by the same processing plant can be significantly different.

There are eight main coffee producing areas in Ethiopia: Nekempte (Lekempti) Gimbi Kimbi, Limu Limu, Illubabor Ibedo, Djimma, Harrar Hara, Teppi/Bebeka, Sidamo Sidamo, Yirgacheffe Yigacheffe, among which the more famous boutique coffee producing areas

Nekempte (Lekempti), Limu, Harrar, Sidamo, Yirgacheffe, Yirgacheffe is located in Sidama administrative region of Ethiopia, Africa, and Yirgacheffe belongs to a smaller area within Sidama.

Yerga Sherphine itself is a small town with a population of about 20,000. The three neighboring small producing areas Wenago, Kochere and Gelena Abaya are also classified as Yerga Sherphine because the flavor of coffee produced is almost identical to Yerga Sherphine. Yerga Coffee is culturally and geographically similar to its neighbors, but Yerga Coffee seems to be blessed with exceptional conditions. Top quality Yerga Coffee has floral, bright citrus fruit, lemon notes and silky soft taste.

Kochere Kochere is located in south-west Ethiopia, about 25 miles north of the famous town of Yegasherfi, and its production model is based on local smallholders sending batches of output to cooperatives for centralized processing. The local Chalalacktu village has about 100,000 people who depend on coffee for their livelihood, and related production activities have become their main source of income. Due to the benefits brought by coffee production, the local living standard is much better than that of many Ethiopian villages, and there are complete health facilities, higher schools, etc. Advanced processing equipment allows Kochere coffee to consistently perform at a high level in washed areas, with molasses and citrus complex tones clean and sweet.

Ethiopia is a country full of magic. What we call Arabica coffee originated here.

There are nearly 2000 coffee varieties recorded in Ethiopia, including 1927 native varieties and 128 introduced varieties. Therefore, if you look at the face value, Ethiopia's coffee variety is "Grand View Garden", which has everything, long, short, thin, fat...

Long particles are found in coffee growing areas all over Ethiopia. From the actual proportion, Jimma in the west, including Limmu and Kaffa, will have more long particle varieties, and Sidama or yirgacheffe will have less proportion.

Small particle species, round in shape, small in size, mostly between 14-15 mesh, this variety should be the most familiar to us, they can often be seen in Sidama and Yejia Shefei, I have also seen in a harrar sample, also seen in Jimma local coffee beans sold, compared to other areas, Sidama and yigracheffe and surrounding arsi, guji have more of this small particle of the original variety planted.

In addition to the variety of coffee, coffee cultivation methods also affect the variety of Ethiopian coffee beans.

Country: Ethiopia Fiscal year: 2003

Grade: G1

Production area: Yejia Xuefei

Degree of baking: Light baking

Treatment method: washing

Breed: Native species

Flavor: Jasmine, lemon, bergamot, honey, black tea

Kocher is located in a small producing area 25 kilometers southeast of Yejia Shefi in Ethiopia. It is a rich coffee producing area and one of the three famous micro-producing areas in Yejia Shefi. The local population is about 100,000. Coffee beans are the main source of income. The processing equipment of this producing area is very advanced. Coffee Review rated Kocher's beans 94 points.