Which of the famous Guji coffee beans in Ethiopia coffee producing area has the best flavor in irregular shape?

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Brief introduction of Qianjie-Xidamoguji producing area

We all know that Ethiopia is the birthplace of Arabica coffee, and Ethiopia's Yegashifi is its business card, but one of the producing areas we are going to talk about today is Sidamo! The geographical location of Sidamo, it is Ethiopia's southernmost coffee-producing region, with an elevation of 4600 mi 7200 feet, bordering Kenya.

In the sun drying field in Sidamo, the coffee is placed in a hemp net wooden rack, and the workers take turns to stir the coffee manually in the sun. Sidamo is usually marked with G4 exit. Washing Sidamo because the treatment process is more perfect, so most of them export more to G2 grade.

Dharma, which grows in the southernmost Ethiopian plateau between 4600 and 7200 feet above sea level, is a famous boutique coffee area in southern Ethiopia, bordering Kenya, southeast of Gemma and just south of the capital.

Sidamo coffee has a very diverse flavor, in different soil types, microclimate and countless native coffee species, this producing area has towering mountains, highlands, plateaus, valleys and plains, with diverse topography. and the geology belongs to nutrient-rich, well-drained volcanic soil, such high-quality planting conditions, the quality of coffee can be imagined.

Guji producing area is a producing area that has attracted much attention in recent years, and it has made good achievements in flavor display and quality in recent years. The Guji production area once belonged to the Sidamo production area, but it has been independent into a new production area by the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) in 2010. Located in the southeast of Yegashefi, the Guji producing area is adjacent to the Sidamo and Gaide areas, which is an area with complex topographical changes such as towering mountains, highlands, plateaus, valleys and plains.

The geology of this area belongs to the nutrient-rich black soil (Vertisol), the depth of the soil is nearly two meters, and the average elevation is more than 1800 meters. The geographical characteristics create a significant temperature difference between day and night, so that the local has the local conditions to produce high-quality coffee.

The biggest advantage of the area is that the soil fertility is maintained through the circulation of organic matter, using the withered leaves of the surrounding trees or the residual roots of the plants as fertilizer. Therefore, the coffee produced in cities and towns has obvious differences and characteristics. In 2010-2012, it continuously obtained the high score of CR92~94, the authoritative coffee evaluation website in the United States, which shows the remarkable performance of raw beans in this producing area.

Sidamo Coffee beans are grayish, thick in some places and small in others, with soft and strong acidity, mellow and sweet and spicy. It is one of the courtyard coffees in the highlands of southern Ethiopia. Unlike ordinary African coffee, Sidamo has clear acidity, smooth taste and delicate floral smell.

Knowledge point: Huakui, located in the southeast of Yejia Sheffield in the Sidamo producing area, belongs to Oromia Region → Guji Zone Guji → Shakisso woreda Shakiso → Hambella Humbera.

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