How should I brew Ye Jia Xuefei coffee? Introduction to Yega Xuefei Biloya Cooperative Coffee

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Yirga cheffe is a small town in Ethiopia, 1700-2100 meters above sea level. Since ancient times, it is a wetland. The ancient saying "Yega yirga" means "settle down", and "Chefe cheffe" means "wetland". Therefore, Yejasuefei originally meant to "let us settle down in this wetland".

According to the map, Yega Xuefei is just a by-product area with the highest elevation leaning against mountains and water in Ethiopia's Sidamo Sidamo province. Because the mode of production and flavor are too prominent, the unique flavor has become the most famous producing area in Africa.

The mountain villages in the Yejasuefei area are foggy all the year round, with a gentle breeze, cool but not hot, and rain but not damp. Originally planted in the mountains by European monks, most of the Yejashafi coffee trees are planted in farmers' own backyards or mixed with other crops in the fields, with little yield per household, which is a typical pastoral coffee. Yejia Chuefeiduo uses water washing to retain the fresh and clean taste, but a small number of fine beans are deliberately sunburned to enhance the charming fruit aroma and mellow thickness.

The unique location of the area is an advantage that every coffee plantation will emphasize, but Yega Xuefei also has a different point. From the search materials or the pictures provided by the coffee farm, every coffee farmer is smiling. A relaxed and comfortable smile from the heart. If coffee beans can honestly record the flavor of the earth, it is probably the pleasure gene that records these growers'"settling down and enjoying themselves." this is probably why they can give birth to the most unique regional flavor of citrus and flowers.

The Biloya Coop is made up of about 3, 000 family members of small coffee farmers, located in the south of Kochere. It was founded in 1976 and joined the YCFCU Cooperative Union in 2002. The average cultivation area of these small coffee farmers is less than 4 hectares, and the average altitude is about 1900 to 2100 meters. The coffee varieties are mainly a mixture of Typica and Heirloom (local native species).

Every one or two years, members of the cooperative will vote in an election to elect an executive committee, and the executive committee can decide on the purchase of new equipment, exchange business information with members, and how to pay for transactions. In addition, YCFCU will also assign professional managers to cooperatives to provide guidance and advice on harvest, production and other procedures, so as to increase production and improve quality. The establishment of the cooperative allows its farmers to avoid low-cost exploitation by purchasers, and when the economy is in trouble, the cooperative can also provide loan assistance, which is very positive for both farmers and coffee production. Biloya cooperatives build schools and small-scale power generation, build bridges and roads, and make a great contribution to the local construction of the village.

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, which is well-known for its jurisdiction over 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, with the establishment of the Commodity Exchange (ECX). Coffee and other agricultural products have been made public by this official organization, 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 detailed and can be subdivided.

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