The flavor trend of Xidamo Shaqisuo in the producing area of Sidamo.

The flavor trend of Xidamo Shaqisuo in the producing area of Sidamo.

The Ethiopian administrative region is divided into four grades, the order from big to small is Region, Zone, woreda, and kebele. Most of the raw coffee beans are named according to this rule. Guji-Shakiso is located in the southeast of Yejia Sheffield, a well-known producing area. In terms of administrative division, it belongs to the Oromia Region → Guji Zone → Shakisso woreda, which belongs to the regional source of coffee beans.

Just like Yejia Xuefei became well-known after becoming famous, so it became an independent producing area. Guji became an independent production area by ECX in 2010 because of its superior geographical location and cup flavor. Shakisso (sometimes translated as Shakiso) is the most attractive micro-producing area in the Guji producing area. It is geographically located in the southeast of Yejia Sheffei, with an average altitude of more than 1800 meters. The fertile black soil (Vertisol) has a significant temperature difference between day and night, which makes it have all the local conditions to produce high-quality boutique coffee. The source of local coffee production almost belongs to the form of individual small farmers. At the arrival of the production season, the ripe red transparent berries from their neighbors are picked and sent to the processing plant and placed on a well-ventilated African scaffolding to control the temperature and fermentation degree. After the pulp is removed, the water content is reduced to between 11.5% and 12%. When the post-processing and static operation are completed, the export is done through the competitive bidding system of the ECX Ethiopia Commodity Exchange. Local exporters or international buyers follow this system to find their favorite raw coffee beans. Shaquiso's raw beans exude charming sun fruit aromas and dry aromas of peach, strawberry, mango and passion fruit wine.

In recent years, the most eye-catching producing area in Ethiopia is Yejia Sheffield. Guji-Shakisuo is less well-known than Yejia Sheffield, but under the trend of soaring overall prices of Yejia Sheffield in 2015, international boutique buyers have turned to other neighboring producing areas, such as Sidamo, Limu and Jimma.... Wait, wait,

Shakiso is a unique producing area of Guji / Cedamori, even in Cedar Morri, which is far from most coffee producing areas, while another famous local item is gold mines. Labor, land, race and other factors also destabilized the region in 2006. The coffee in this region is quite unique, and the coffee produced has repeatedly attracted the attention of the market. Ninety Plus's legendary bean "Nekisse" originally means "nectar from Shaquiso" (Nectar from Shakisso), and the producing area and its name all come from Shakisso.

This year, Ninety Plus launched a fully upgraded product line, and "Derar Ela", one of the first major products selected from the Shaquiso production area, was immediately praised.

(Bird Rock Coffee Roaster received a Coffee Review score of 95 in April 2014.)