Yega Xuefei G1 Oman small farmers micro-batch washing Godibe 008 Ethiopian boutique coffee

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Ethiopia Washed Yirgacheffe Gedeb G1 SFP Lot 008

Country: Ethiopia

Producing area: Godibe

Altitude: 1600-2100m

Treatment: washing

Grade: G1

Variety: original species

Ethiopia Yega Sheffield G1 Oman small farmers micro-batch washing Godibe single farm 008

Flavor description:

Fresh lemon peel and dried fragrance of fragrant cheese turn into a rich and rich floral fragrance when contained in the mouth

It also has the delicate flavor of green apple and white wine.

The whole drink is like a cup of colorful fruit tea with clean texture and strong style.

This is not just the introduction of a new product, with the debut of this coffee.

We will officially join you in exploring the next generation of Ethiopia.

Among several trends in the development of Ethiopian boutique coffee

We discussed with you at the cup meeting the year before last.

An important trend and forecast is the rise of the single farm system.

If you remember, according to the Ethiopian decree, there are three coffee export systems.

(1) the largest private processing plant system that has been exported through ECX bidding.

(2) Cooperative system; (3) single farm system.

In these three systems, cooperatives and single manors can be exported directly without competitive bidding through ECX.

It can be said that it has completely reliable traceability / product resume (traceability).

But if you get to the bottom of it,

After all, cooperatives are also centralized processing of cherries harvested by small farmers, not 100% traceable.

After all, a single farm is the only possibility of moving forward to the next generation.

In fact, the single farm system has always existed in Ethiopia, but the proportion has not been high.

And traditionally, it belongs to a large number of commercial batches that do not attach importance to quality.

With Ethiopia's emergence in the third wave of boutique coffee in the past two or three decades

In addition to the traditional coffee industry, Ethiopia is also gradually influenced by Western culture.

The newcomers who hope to bring change to the industry, in addition to traditional exporters, have invested in the production area.

What's more, it attracts an upsurge of returning from Europe and the United States to their hometown.

The owner of this batch of farms, Aman, is educated in the West.

I have had a complete experience of Western enterprises, and what is even more amazing is that after returning to Ethiopia

Before setting up his own coffee production business

Served as Chief operating Officer (Chief Operation Officer) of ECX

Based on the principle of neutrality in official institutions

Unable to intervene in production or business during the term of office

After stepping down from his post, he can finally realize his ambition.

And the single farm system

(let's temporarily call it Single Farm Project, or SFP for short) how important is it?

We all know that Ethiopia is dominated by a smallholder system.

However, it is impossible for the smallholder system to achieve full traceability,

Single variety batches, special treatment batches,

Customized batches and other very important implementation concepts for the development of boutique coffee

A single farm is the only answer to all these questions.

The site selected by Aman is located in what can be said to be the quintessential area of the generalized Yega Sherphine district.

That is, the Gedeb region (if it is classified according to the producing area of ECX, it belongs to Kechalei Kochere).

Located in the southeast corner of Yega Chefe, it is about 50 kilometers southbound from the town of Yejia Xuefen.

The elevation has reached 2030 meters from 1850m to the treatment plant in the town of Ye Jia Xue Fang.

It can be said to be the highest area of snow coffee in the whole family.

Coffee people often refer to this area as Gedeb.

Mainly because the largest town center in the region is named after Gedeb.

When we get to the town of Godibe, turn left and go east.

It takes about fifteen minutes to get to our destination by car.

When we get here, we can say that we have reached the most far-reaching zone.

In less than ten minutes, you will arrive at Worka.

If you have a chance to come here with us,

You must be able to feel the shock of us.

As the SCAA slogan says, "Because great coffee doesn't just happen".

It is already the most basic to harvest and choose fully ripe bright red cherries (let us remind you

This is very difficult to achieve in Ethiopia, which is dominated by a smallholder system.

Generally speaking, we can only rely on the hand-picked work on the scaffolding.

The sun treatment here uses the strictest and most exquisite work.

So the cherries on the scaffolding are only one layer thick.

The drying schedule is strictly controlled at about 18 days.

We gave him a simple name.

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Single-layer stacking provides the perfect convection and dry environment for coffee cherries.

We all know that.

But it is the most space-consuming and most disadvantageous mode of production.

Proper slow drying can make coffee cherries develop the best water activity during the drying process.

Not only the flavor develops well.

It also allows the storage of raw beans to last longer during the growing season, but again

In this way, the time required for each batch production is extended.

Using such a drying process

Not only depends on heaven for food, but also needs climate cooperation.

It is also necessary for producers to be willing to invest. Aman's insistence on the quality of coffee

Not only are we attracted to it, but also the third wave operators in Europe and the United States, such as intellectuals (Intelligentsia),

And so on are also the beans that must be chosen every year.