The meaning of Yega Xuefei introduces the flavor characteristics of Ethiopian Yega Xuefei coffee beans

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Yega Xuefei is located in the eastern edge of the East African Rift Valley, with complex topography and an elevation of 1800-2000m. It is one of the highest coffee-producing areas in Ethiopia. Lake Abaya to the west has been a wetland since ancient times, which is rich in water, which also provides a good resource for the Yejiaxuefei water washing treatment plant.

At the same time, Yega Xuefei is a famous coffee town in Sidamo. The local climate is rainy but not humid, the air is fresh and clean, and the coffee varieties planted are rich in natural flavor. Yejia Xuefei is the representative of boutique coffee in East Africa, which is separated separately because of its unique flavor. Yirgacheffe itself is also a small town, and there are three small producing areas Wenago, Kochere and Gelena Abaya nearby. Because the flavor of the coffee produced is similar to that of Yega Xuefei, these small producing areas are also divided into Yega Xuefei producing areas. The meaning of the name Yirga cheffe, "yirga" means to settle down, and "cheffe" means "wetland", so it originally means "let us settle down in this wetland".

Different processing methods determine the flavor of Yejia Xuefei is also the representative of coffee beans that choose flower-scented fruit to mix coffee flavor. Some people have used the phrase "coffee entrance, flowers in full bloom" to describe the coffee style of Yejia Xuefei, just as flowers promote the comfort of taste buds and olfactory cells in the nasal cavity. In addition to the fragrance of flowers, the delicate thickness of body, like silk massage in the mouth, feels wonderful. Of course, on such an excellent basis, different treatment methods will also make Yega Xuefei have different flavors, so let Qianjie Coffee talk about the difference between sun treatment and water washing. First of all, let's take a look at what sun treatment and water washing are: the sun treatment process requires manual selection of defective coffee beans, as well as immature or overripe coffee fruits, and then spread the coffee fruits evenly in the exposure area. and it needs to be turned several times a day. This process usually lasts about 2-3 weeks, depending on the local climate, when the water content inside the coffee bean drops to 11-13%, the sun drying step is completed; at this time, the shell of the coffee fruit is dry and hard, and the shell can be removed with a sheller.

Washing treatment: the law of washing treatment is to pour the coffee fruit into the sink to remove the floating beans, and then use the pulp screening machine to remove the skin and pulp; put the processed coffee fruit into the fermentation tank for 16-36 hours, the fermentation bacteria will dissolve the pectin. At this point, fermentation bacteria and impurities will remain on the coffee beans, so the coffee beans will be washed again. In order to clean it, this step consumes a lot of water. After washing, the coffee fruit is usually dried by machine (or sun-drying) to reduce the moisture content to 11-13%. Then use the sheller to remove the remaining endocarp and silver peel, that is, to complete the washing processing.

Next, Qianjie Coffee will give you some information and flavor information about sun treatment and water washing treatment to facilitate coffee lovers to choose according to their personal tastes: Qianjie Coffee Sun treatment Yega Chuefei Coffee

Producing area: Yega Xuefei altitude: 1700-2100m climate: rainy but not humid, fresh air varieties: Ethiopia original species treatment method: sun treatment flavor: fermented wine honey sweet body thick beans appearance: beans round, smaller, smooth grade: G1 treatment plant: Idido IDIDO cooperative was established in the late 1970s, located in the east of Yigacheffe town, Ethiopia. Joined the Yigacheffe Farmers' Cooperative in 2002. IDIDO is also the name of the village where the cooperative centralized processing plant is located, working with growers in the eight surrounding kabeles (villages). The cooperative has more than 1000 members scattered in communities of Wegida, Aricha, Direto, Ela Tenecha, Bowicha, Haro Badami and Gerse, working with growers in nearby communities to prepare individual community plots and special treatments. Coffee is hand-selected by farmers and their families and then sent to the factory for post-processing. Altitude: 1900-2200m flavor description: strawberry and syrup flavor, the entrance burst out pineapple juice and flower flavor, turn to be like fresh and succulent passion fruit sweet and sweet, as well as tropical mango sweet, rich layers, aftertaste and mead-like fine and long charming flavor. Arica processing Plant (Aricha): there are many high-quality coffee processing plants in the Yegashafi area, and a lot of caffeine comes from these processing plants and has become a hundred times more expensive. Kebel Aricha Mill Sunshine Yega Chefe is one of them. This coffee, also known as ARICHA beans, is classified by ECX as Gr.1 or G1 (the highest grade of Ethiopian coffee) after being treated by the Kebel Aricha processing plant through exquisite sun treatment. Known as the "king of fruit". Altitude: 1700-2100 Flavor description: the entrance is fruity, the sweetness of strawberries and citrus acid blend perfectly, with a lingering finish. Adorsi processing Plant (Aricha) Adorsi processing Plant is owned by Testi Coffee. Testi Coffee is a coffee export company run by the Yonis family. It was established in 2009 by Faysel A. Yonis. Altitude: 1900-2000m flavor: it smells of ripe fruit, with obvious fermented aromas on the palate, acidity of green and lemon, and smooth cream, with a juicy finish of ripe grapes. Conga Water treatment Plant (Gedio) Konga Cooperative is located in the Gedeo area a few kilometers south of the town of Yega Sheffield and belongs to the coffee producing area of Yega Sheffield, while the name of the Konga Cooperative comes from the nearby Konga River and the local village of Konga. The Kongjia cooperative is more than 1800 meters above sea level and the harvest period is from October of each year to February of the following year. The Conga Cooperative, which belongs to the YCFCU Yega Sheffield Coffee Farmers' Cooperative Union, joined in 2002. According to the data given on the official website of YCFCU, Kongjia Cooperative is a farmer with 2292 farmers who grow coffee on 3361 hectares of land. Konga cooperatives also have fair trade certification and organic cultivation certification. Altitude: 1800-2000m flavor: citrus honey cream juice taste. The Beloya (Beloya) processing station is named after the town where the place name is Kore Biloya, which is located in the Cochelle region of the Yega Sheffei Coffee region in the Gideo region. The coffee at the Biloya treatment station is picked and transported by 211 small farmers nearby. These coffees grow at high elevations of 1870-2100m. The Biloya treatment station was built in 2001 and can handle nearly 1 million kilograms of coffee and cherries every year. The 138elevated drying beds in the treatment station cover an area of 2.5ha and cover a land area of 1700 square meters. The Biloya treatment station encourages farmers to bring the best coffee to the station to improve the quality of coffee by providing prizes and incentives to the farmers with the highest quality coffee. Altitude: 1870-2100m Flavor: rose, citrus, strawberry, honey, jackfruit, Qianjie Coffee, Cochel.

Country: Ethiopia: Kochere (Kochere) altitude: 1900-2000m treatment: sun treatment varieties: local native flavor: peach citrus cocoa grade: G1 bean appearance: small granule species, more round appearance factory: Kochere orchard (Kochere) Fere from Ethiopia and Bota/Yefirafire,Fere means berry, Bota/Yefirafire means garden / orchard, which means raspberry orchard! Each coffee from this processing plant can be considered a high-quality refined coffee, which shows better characteristics than other coffees. no matter which method of treatment is used, the coffee beans here can be considered to be the best coffee in Yega. Altitude: 1900-2000m flavor: strong berry aroma, lemon peel apricot juice front street coffee sun Aricha

Country: Ethiopia: Yega Sheffield Arica altitude: 1700-2100m treatment: sun treatment varieties: local native species grade: G1 flavor: strawberry raspberry vanilla honey juice bean appearance: raw bean color yellow-green, uniform and full particles, few defective beans. Treatment plant: Kebel Aricha processing plant (Aricha): altitude: 1700-2100m flavor: rich flower and fruit aroma, outstanding sweetness, weak acidity, soft and clean taste. Qianjie coffee tanning hole plus

Country: Ethiopia: Yega Sheffield altitude: 1850-2050m treatment: sun treatment varieties: local native species grade: G1 flavor: citrus honey cream juice processing plant: Kongjawat Cooperative (Konga): Konga Cooperative is located in the Gedeo area a few kilometers south of Yejashefi town, belonging to the Yega Sheffield caffeine producing area The name of the Kongjia cooperative comes from the nearby Kongjia River and the local Kongjia village. The Kongjia cooperative is more than 1800 meters above sea level and the harvest period is from October of each year to February of the following year. The Conga Cooperative, which belongs to the YCFCU Yega Sheffield Coffee Farmers' Cooperative Union, joined in 2002. According to the data given on the official website of YCFCU, Kongjia Cooperative is a farmer with 2292 farmers who grow coffee on 3361 hectares of land. Konga cooperatives also have fair trade certification and organic cultivation certification. Altitude: 1850-2050m flavor: citrus honey cream juice Qianjie coffee washing treatment Yega Xuefei

Country: Ethiopia: Yega Xuefei altitude: 1800-2000m varieties: local native species flavor: jasmine berry lemon citrus beans appearance: beans are flat, large, with a little wrinkle on the surface. Grade: G1 processing plant: Kochere: Likito Factory is located in the famous Yirgacheff producing area, that is, Likito, so it is directly named Liketu processing plant (Likito Factory), which serves the red cherry fruits harvested by local small coffee farmers, and the sun production becomes an excellent and admirable raw bean. Altitude 1850-2100m flavor: unique flavor of peach and mango and drupe Waka cooperative: altitude: 1800-2000m flavor: lemon jasmine black tea sucrose Qianjie coffee wash Waka

Country: Ethiopia: Yega Xuefei altitude: 1700-2100m treatment: washing varieties: local native species grade: G1 flavor: lemon kumquat white grape juice bean appearance: raw beans are turquoise, the size is relatively uniform treatment plant: Waka Cooperative (Worka): Waka is located in the Yega Sheffield producing area, 1800 Mutual 2000 meters above sea level, Waka Cooperative was established in 2005 And joined the famous Yejia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (YCFCU,Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union) that year, which is famous for producing high-quality sun Ye Jia Xuefei. Altitude: 1700-2100m flavor: yellow citric acid, caramel sweet and cream lemon black tea flavor, and flower fragrance Yuyun Qianjie coffee wash fruit Ding Ding

Country: Ethiopia: Yega Sheffield altitude: 1850-2030m treatment: washing varieties: local native species level: G1 flavor: citrus black tea fragrant cream caramel almond beans appearance: processing plant: Guotintin Cooperative: Guotingding Cooperative, located in the Waka producing area at the southeast end of Yega Sheffield, it was originally part of the Waka Cooperative of the Yega Sheffield Union YCFCU. But later, with the pursuit of traceability of raw coffee beans, independent "single producing areas" were excavated by coffee hunters all over the world, so in 2012, Guoding Ding, which has about 300 farmers, was independently established. Altitude: 2000-2100m Flavor: citric acid sweet fruit floral fragrance finally Qianjie coffee gives everyone a general introduction to the flavor of Yega Xuefei's honey treatment what is the honey treatment: honey treatment is the process of making raw beans that allow coffee beans to be sun-dried with mucous membranes. After the outer pulp of the coffee bean is removed, there will be a layer of sticky jelly. In the traditional washing method, it will be washed away with clean water, but because of the water resources limitations of some high-altitude areas, this method of drying directly with pectin has been born. The honey treatment is divided into black honey, red honey, orange honey, yellow honey and white honey according to the thickness of pectin planing, the length of sunshine time (or the degree of drying thickness), and the frequency of turning in the sun. Honey treatment this treatment not only retains the cleanliness of the washing method, although it is not as bright as the washing treatment, but increases the sweetness and caramel taste. Qianjie Coffee Red Honey treatment Yega Xuefei

Country: Ethiopia: Yega Xuefei altitude: 2000-2200m treatment method: red honey treatment variety: local native species grade: G1 bean appearance: bean body is big and small, thin and round. Flavor: Jasmine Citrus Honey berry Almond processing Plant: IDIDO Co-operative: altitude: 1700-2100m flavor: smell of ginger flowers, imported citrus lemon acidity, middle aroma of Chinese fir, finish like oolong tea. Hofsa Cooperative (Hafursa): Hofsa Cooperative was established as early as 1975 and can be said to be the vanguard of the first wave of cooperative movement in Ethiopia. And joined the Yega Sheffield small Farmers Cooperative Union (YCFCU,Yirgacheffe CoffeeFarmers Cooperative Union) in 2013, and obtained "organic" and "fair trade" certification. The Hofsa Cooperative, in cooperation with local small farmers in Yejassefi, adopts shade planting techniques and intersperses with crops such as bananas, planting with full manual and organic fertilizers, and using natural ways to control diseases and insect pests, so as to ensure ecological protection. make the taste of coffee quality more pure. Altitude: 1850-2100m flavor: Jasmine, citrus, honey, berries, almonds, summed up the difference between sun treatment and washing treatment

From the appearance of raw beans: the appearance color of washed raw beans is obvious turquoise. The appearance of sun-treated coffee beans is yellow. In terms of the appearance of cooked beans, the silver skins of washed coffee beans are more than those of sun-cured coffee beans. The practice of Qianjie coffee baker shows that this is because the silver skin on the middle line of coffee beans is the most difficult to fall off in the baking process, and because the outer silver skin is connected to the whole piece of silver skin, it is easier to connect the silver skin to the middle line to fall off together, so the silver skin of sun-cooked beans is very clean after baking. Washed coffee beans are on the contrary, because there is almost no silver skin connection in the outer layer, the silver skin cracked in the middle line cannot be easily peeled off, but will remain after baking, so this is why, from the perspective of cooked beans, there are more silver skins washed in water and less silver skins in the sun. Flavor difference: in order to explore the flavor difference of sun washing treatment, Qianjie coffee has higher acidity and cleanliness compared with sun treatment, but its complexity is not as good as that of sun tanning. Sun-cured coffee has a heavier berry flavor, complex and sweeter than water-washed coffee.

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