Ethiopia Yega Sheffivoka Cooperative introduces the unforgettable flavor of Waka.

Ethiopia Yega Sheffivoka Cooperative Solar

Country: Ethiopia

Producing area: Yega Xuefei

Altitude: 1850-2100 m

Treatment: sun treatment

Grade: G1

Variety: native species Heirloom

Flavor description: intense and charming aromas of strawberries and tropical fruits, high sweetness and richness, chocolate-like finish, red wine aromas.

Waka Cooperative

Woka Cooperative's Sun Yega Chuefei has always been a quality assurance, and it is also the star product of Counter Culture and Klatch Coffee, the third wave of boutique coffee makers in the United States. Coffee Review, a well-known boutique coffee evaluation website, has repeatedly given high scores of 91 to 94.

Klatch Coffee, a well-known American company, won the Best Food Award (Good Food Award) in the food industry for this bean, and won the title of Best Coffee Shop of 2012 (2012 Best Coffeehouse) at the end of the year. The Waka Cooperative, which is part of the YCFCU Cooperative Alliance (Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union), was founded in 2005 and is located in a rather remote area of the Yegashafi producing area.

The cooperative, made up of 305 farmers with a planting area of 763 hectares, has obtained Fair Trade Organic Coffee (FTO) certification because it does not use any chemical fertilizers or pesticides in its coffee growing process. After the ripe cherries are picked, they are almost immediately put on the drying shed bed for sunlight, so that the sweetness of the flesh can be absorbed by beans. Sun treatment is especially suitable for areas where there is a lack of water, or in a very dry environment. In order to avoid excessive fermentation or even mildew, the fruit must be turned frequently on the drying bed to allow air to dry evenly, when the fruit is dried in the sun. Then sent to the dry processing plant (dry mill) to remove the dried pulp, the sun drying procedure is actually quite complicated, and it is easy to fail in the process, but good sun treatment can bring stronger sweetness, thicker taste and more detailed sour taste.