What is the most famous coffee variety in Ethiopia? a brief introduction to the type and flavor of Ethiopian coffee

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Introduction of Red Cherry Variety and Ethiopian Coffee Variety in Qianjie Ye Jia Xuefei

In the coffee industry, the term native species applies to varieties introduced in South America and Asia more than a hundred years ago, as well as to many coffee varieties in Africa, especially those from Ethiopia.

Ethiopian coffee varieties are divided into two categories: JARC varieties and regional local varieties.

The JARC variety is paired by the Jima Agricultural Research Center, an institution of the Ethiopian Federal Agricultural Research Center, which is set up to study pest resistance and increase yield. There are about 40 varieties in it. Regional local varieties are wild varieties grown in the wild in Ethiopia. Getu says there may be more than 10, 000 of these wild species. This means that when consumers buy a bag of Ethiopian coffee and see the bean bag marked with native species, the coffee may be a combination of more than 10,000 varieties.

Nearly 2000 coffee varieties have been recorded in Ethiopia, including 1927 native varieties and 128 imported varieties. So just by looking at the appearance, Esther's coffee variety is "Grand View Garden", which has everything, long, short, thin, fat.

[long granules] are found in all coffee growing areas in Ethiopia. From the actual proportion seen, there are more varieties of long granules in the western Jimma, including Limmu and Kaffa, and less in sidama (Sidamo) or yirgacheffe (Yega Chuefei).

[small granule species] is relatively round in appearance, and the bean body is very small, mostly between 14 and 15 orders. This variety should be the one we are most familiar with. They are often seen in Sidamo and Yegashiri. I have also seen them in a harrar sample and in raw coffee beans sold locally in Jimma, compared to other areas. There are many native varieties of this kind of small particles in sidama, yigracheffe and surrounding arsi and guji.

Ethiopia's coffee cultivation is mainly in the western and southern region, and small farmers account for 90% of the total cultivation. Nearly 1.2 million of small farmers make a living by growing coffee, with an average planting area of less than 4 hectares, an average altitude of 1000-2300 meters, a planting density of 1000-1800 coffee trees per hectare, and a yield of nearly 600kg per hectare.

Qianjie Red Honey Red Cherry

Yejia Xuefei red honey treatment

Producing area: Yega Xuefei idido

Planting altitude: 2000-2200m

Treatment method: red honey treatment

Variety: native species

Grade: G1

Flavor: it smells of ginger flowers, citrus, lemon and fruit sugar in the mouth, Chinese fir in the middle, honey sweetness in the middle, oolong tea in the end and a lingering finish.

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