Coffee tasting: how to evaluate the best Ethiopian coffee?

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An international coffee connoisseur has identified Ethiopian coffee as the best coffee in the world, and it is not surprising that coffee has become Ethiopia's main export. What makes Ethiopian coffee beans and the making process so special? How do experts identify it?

International coffee experts travel around the world to find the most delicious coffee and always return to Ethiopia in the end. Coffee importer Morton Winnesgaard says the climate here produces high-quality coffee beans. " There are different varieties handed down from ancient times, known as Ethiopian heritage, and the soil, altitude and local climate are perfect for processes such as baking. "

Finding the most delicious coffee beans is a taste problem, a process called tasting, tasting and comparing different coffee beans, grading and pricing them.

However, before international experts taste the coffee beans, they have to be analyzed by a small coffee laboratory. Helen Assefa described: "as soon as the coffee beans enter the laboratory, we first record the coffee in detail and identify the quality of the coffee." Then we check its humidity, screen it and analyze it. Then we grind the coffee beans and taste the samples. Finally, we get rid of the bad coffee beans. "

Laboratory worker Hosni Mubarak Agboli says the screening process is difficult and long. "We pick out defective coffee beans by hand, and we classify defective beans according to different defects, such as immaturity, insect pests, ochre and black, all according to the seriousness of the problem," he said. "

In any case, the reputation of coffee abroad brings economic income to Ethiopia, which is favored by consumers in more than 120 countries and exports more than $84 million a year.

However, not all the finest coffee in Ethiopia is exported. 40% of the coffee products are used for domestic consumption and are an important part of the daily work and life of Ethiopians. Sometimes people celebrate just to celebrate a special cup of coffee.