What is the taste of the Waka Alim small-scale Peasant Woka Cooperative in Yechuefi, Ethiopia?

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What are the flavor and taste characteristics of the Yega Sheffield Sun Woka Alim small Peasant Woka Cooperative in Ethiopia?

The Waka Cooperative is part of the YCFCU Cooperative Alliance (Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union). Founded in 2005, the Waka Cooperative is located in a remote area of the Yega Sheffield producing area, 75 kilometers from the local coffee distribution center, Dilla, with poor external roads, with 20 kilometers of dirt roads from the cooperative to the main tarmac road.

The cooperative is composed of 305 farmers, with a planting area of about 763 hectares and an annual output of nearly 460 tons. Because no chemical fertilizers or pesticides are used in coffee cultivation, Waka farmers have also obtained the Skal organic coffee certification recognized by the European Union. More than half of the coffee grown in Ethiopia belongs to the Garden Coffee type. Courtyard coffee, as its meaning, is planted by small coffee farmers in their own backyard, with an average planting area of 0.5 to 1.5 hectares per household.

Coffee is the main cash crop, and miscellaneous crops such as plantains are planted as shade and food at the same time.

Each farmer is not only self-sufficient in grain, but also produces coffee beans in exchange for other daily necessities. This mode of production, coupled with the local unique native tree species coffee garden, makes the flavor of each batch of coffee beans different, with considerable uniqueness.

Taste analysis Yega Xuefei sunbathing Waka

Floral aroma, passion fruit, mango and peach, apricot, bergamot and cocoa aftertaste

The overall flavor is strong, layered and sweet.