Flavor characteristics of G1 washed beans in Cochel treatment Plant, Yega Feikochel Town, Ethiopia

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What are the flavor characteristics and planting environment of G1 washed beans from the Cochel treatment Plant in Yega Feikochel Town, Ethiopia?

(Ethiopia Washed Yirgacheffe Kochere Kore G1)

Producing area: Yirgacheffe (Kochere) producing area

Producer: Cory (Kore) processing plant

Variety: native species (Heirloom)

Altitude: 1800 to 2000 m

Harvest time: October of each year to February of the following year

Treatment method: traditional washing treatment

Flavor features: floral aromas, bright citrus acidity, sweet and sour aromas of lemon, berries and honey,

Rich and bright acidity, deep, full, clean and balanced taste, long, lively and changeable fruit after rhyme.

Introduction:

There are eight major producing areas in Ethiopia: Ekempti, Limu, Illubabor, Djimma, Harrar, Teppi/Bebeka, Sidamo and Yirgacheffe. Yirgacheffe is located in the Gedeo region of southern Ethiopia, and the jurisdiction of this area is better known as Yegashafi and Kochere. As the coffee produced by Yirgacheffe has a unique flavor and is widely loved, it has its own style in product classification and has always occupied a place in the global boutique coffee market. Yirgacheffe, in the province of Sidama, is itself a small town, with three small producing areas of Wenago, Kochere and Gelena Abaya nearby. Because the flavor of coffee produced is almost the same as that of Yega Sheffield, Kochere is also classified as Yega Sheffield. Ethiopia implemented a new trading and grading system in November 2009. in addition to Yega Xuefei, three new by-product areas such as Wenago, Kochere and Genlena Abaya have been added, which shows that the flavor of these three areas is very meticulous and can be subdivided. Kochere is located in a small production area about 25 kilometers southeast of Yega Sheffield. The coffee beans are harvested from local small coffee farmers, which are composed of a large number of small coffee farmers with an average farming area of about 1 hectare and an altitude of about 1800-2000 meters. Coffee varieties are mainly a mixture of Typica and Heirloom (local native species). It is a rich coffee-producing area, and it is also one of the three famous and micro-producing areas of Yega Xuefei, with about 100,000 local residents, and coffee beans are the main source of income. Due to the relatively advanced raw bean water treatment equipment in this producing area, there has always been a high level of performance in the field of washing treatment. Coffee beans are praised for their clean sweetness with complex flavors of honey and citrus. In the main local production mode, small coffee farmers will harvest red fruits and send them directly to the washing treatment plant of the neighboring cooperative for unified treatment. Water washing technology has been introduced into Ethiopia since the 1970s. At present, water washing is the main treatment of raw beans in Kochere. After the coffee fruit with graded red cherry color is screened by the washing plant, the peel is washed and fermented directly, and the raw beans with shells are naturally exposed on the scaffolding after washing, and the humidity is 12% or less, which will be sent directly to the warehouse of the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) in Awassa. Cup test grading and quantity are carried out, usually washed beans are stored in the form of shell beans, shelling work will not be carried out until the export. The well-known coffee review Coffee Review gave Kocher a high rating of 94 points for washed beans. Since the implementation of the ECX system in 2008, most of the raw coffee beans have been sold through competitive bidding. This batch of raw beans is from the Kore processing plant in Kochere. The treatment plant is located in the Yejashafi producing area, in Kore, a small village between Fishegenet and Chelelektu. It is a water treatment plant composed of about 700 families of small coffee farmers, and the raw beans are mainly harvested by nearby coffee farmers. Coffee fruit is a native species (Heirloom) planted at an altitude of about 1800-2000m. The highest grade of G1, rated by ECX, is excellent in appearance, consistency and freshness of raw beans to dry aroma and flavor. The aroma is rich in aroma, with the characteristics of Yega Chuefei, with elegant and charming flower-like fragrance, with bright sweet and sour aromas of citrus, lemon, berry and honey. Aromas of jasmine and lemon, bergamot, sweet honey, grapefruit tone, delicate acidity and bright taste. Jasmine, orange, grape, vanilla, honey and flower aromas, clean and balanced on the palate, with a long, lively and varied finish.