Coffee characteristics of Guji producing area in Ethiopia what is the difference between Guji producing area and Yega Xuefei?

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The Guji producing area in southern Ethiopia is adjacent to the Sidamo and Gedeo areas, with towering mountains, highlands, plateaus, valleys and plains. The geology of the area is a fertile, well-drained volcanic soil with a depth of nearly two meters and a dark brown or brown surface soil. The biggest advantage of the place is that the soil fertility is maintained through the circulation of natural organic matter, using the withered leaves or litter of the surrounding trees and the residual roots of plants as natural fertilizer.

There are eight main producing areas of Ethiopian coffee: Ekempti, Limu, Illubabor, Djimma, Harrar, Teppi/Bebeka, Sidamo, Yirgacheffe.

Ethiopian coffee is highly rated in Taiwan, especially the three well-known producing areas of Ethiopia, namely Harrar, Sidamo and Yirgacheffe. Sidamo producing area (Sidamo) is located in the south of Ethiopia. The industry here is dominated by agriculture, and the coffee-growing area is located around the East African Great Rift Valley (Great Rift Valley). The largest town in Sidamo province is Hawassa, which is an important local coffee export distribution center. The coffee flavor of Sidamo is very diverse, because of the different soil composition, regional microclimate and countless native coffee varieties, the coffee produced in each urban area has obvious differences and characteristics.

Shakisso is located in the southern part of Guji and Oromia, adjacent to Sidamo and Gedeo. There are many mines in this area, which were used to mine gold in the early days, so there are many potholes in this coffee growing area, which makes it dangerous for people to walk between coffee growing areas. Shakiso is a unique producing area of Guji / Sidamori, even in West Dharma, which is a remote area away from most coffee producing areas, and another famous local product is gold. Miners, land, ethnicity and other factors also destabilized the region in 2006. As a result, the biggest problem facing the region now is that ─ needs manpower to maintain the growing area and harvest coffee. Local small farmers began growing organic coffee in 2001 and work closely with medium-sized coffee producers because they are familiar with how to grow forest coffee in the highlands.

Ethiopia 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-Shaquiso is located in the southeast of Yejia Sheffield, a well-known producing area, and belongs to Oromia Region → Guji Zone → Shakisso woreda, belonging 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, which is located in the southeast of Yejia Sheffield, with an average altitude of more than 1800 meters, fertile black soil (Vertisol), and a significant temperature difference between day and night, so that the local has all the local conditions to produce high-quality boutique coffee. The sources of local coffee production almost belong 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 treatment 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.

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