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Is Yejia Shefei a coffee producing area or a variety? Flavor characteristics of Ethiopian Yejia Shefi coffee!

Published: 2026-04-20 Author:

Last Updated: 2026/04/20, Speaking of Yejia Shefei coffee, Qianjie believes that even friends who have not entered the circle of fine coffee should have heard of it, because the popularity and flavor of Yejia Shefei coffee can be said to be no less than Rose Summer, so you can often see it in a certain cafe. Many coffee junkies simply order a coffee shop without even looking at the menu.

Speaking of Yejia Shefei coffee, Qian Jie believes that even friends who have not entered the circle of fine coffee should have heard of it, because the popularity and flavor of Yejia Shefei coffee can be said to be no less than Rose Summer, so you can often see it in a certain cafe that many coffee junkies order a cup of Yejia Shefei coffee without even looking at the menu.

But because many friends have only heard of or drank it and have not known it in depth, they don't know what the Yejia Shefi coffee refers to and is a specific coffee variety? Or is it a specific coffee practice? This is a question that some friends ask when buying coffee beans at Qianjie stores.

Then the answer... Neither. Yejia Shefi coffee is a coffee producing area, and Yejia Shefi coffee refers to the coffees produced in Yejia Shefi. Because the coffee in this area has extremely distinctive flavor characteristics and excellent taste, the coffee in this area was already very popular before the concept of boutique coffee became popular. How popular is it? The Ethiopian government not only singled out this production area from another production area and formed it into an independent district, but also specially registered a trademark for Yejia Shefi coffee. The purpose is to prevent people with ulterior motives from selling coffee beans under the name of Yejia Shefi coffee. It is enough to see how charming Yejia Shefi coffee is.

So today Qianjie is here to chat with everyone about the characteristics of the coffee in the Yejia Shefei region and why it can attract so many people to become its loyal fans.

Yirgachefe Yirgachefe was originally a sub-production area of the Sidamo production area. However, because the coffee flavor in this production area was too unique, the Ethiopian government singled out Yirgachefe and formed an independent district. This production area is located in southern Ethiopia. The core production area is centered on the town of Yega Shefi, with a total area of about 2000 square kilometers, covering Wenago, Kochere, Gedeb, and Gelena Abaya.

The average altitude of the Yega Shefi production area is 1,700 - 2,100 meters, making it one of the production areas with higher altitude in the Ethiopian production area. There is a significant temperature difference between day and night at high altitudes, which will prolong the ripening time of coffee fruits and enable them to accumulate more substances to develop a better coffee flavor. Not only that, because the Yekashefi production area is located on the southern edge of the Great Rift Valley in East Africa, it is mainly a plateau and mountainous landform. The violently undulating terrain promotes the formation of microclimate zones, and there is also volcanic soil rich in minerals. Coupled with the high altitude mentioned in Qianjie and the unique local planting system, Yekashefi can really be regarded as an excellent coffee planting treasure place, so the coffee grown in this land can develop excellent and unique flavor.

The opportunity for Yejia Shefi coffee to break out of the encirclement has been mentioned in many articles. It mainly originated in 1972, when the Ethiopian government specially introduced water washing treatment from Jamaica in order to further improve the quality of coffee. Compared with traditional sun exposure, the more cumbersome and refined processing process of washing reduces the risk of qualitative change of coffee beans during the process, and does not allow the coffee beans to undergo excessive fermentation. Therefore, the coffee beans processed by washing at that time not only have a very clean flavor, but also have extremely high quality that far surpasses other coffees at that time.

Therefore, thanks to the washing process, Yega Shefi's coffee has suddenly opened a huge gap with coffee from other producing areas. As a result, people can discover the unique flavor of Yega Shefi coffee: high-profile rich floral fragrance and citrus tonality., and clean taste, this is the "Yega Shefi flavor" passed down by coffee lovers.

Then, there were several scenes mentioned in the front street at the beginning. Yega Shefi was divided into independent districts from the Sidamo production area. And in 2005, Ethiopia gradually submitted applications for the "Yirgachefe ®" trademark to trademark protection agencies around the world. The establishment of the trademark allows "Yegashefi" to not only represent a place, but also represent the origin and flavor characteristics of coffee. But what everyone needs to know is that not all coffee produced in Yega Shefi will have the classic Yega Shefi flavor mentioned above. Because ECX (Ethiopian Agricultural Products Exchange (ECX), when dividing production areas, classified several production areas around Yega Shefi Town into Yega Shefi production areas (those mentioned above on Qianjie Street), and the coffee produced in some of the production areas does not have the flavor of Yega Shefi. Therefore, ECX has established two standards for classification. One is "Yirgachefe A", which refers to products produced in the Yekashefi production area and have Yekashefi flavor; the other is "Yirgachefe B", which refers to production areas produced in the production area but lack Yekashefi flavor. Then only Yirgachefe A can be sold under the trademark Yirgachefe ® ~ So we can know that not all coffee produced in Yirgachefe will have the classic Yirgachefe flavor. So Qianjie believes that some friends will ask at this time: Where can I buy coffee beans with the flavor of Yejia Shefi? (Wuzhong Student Friends Series) That is of course, upturn... At the Taobao Tmall flagship store of Shangqian Street Coffee, you can buy coffee beans with classic Yejia Shefei flavor. If you want to drink the more classic Yejia Shefi flavor in Yejia Shefi coffee, then Qianjie Yejia Shefi Guodin is a good choice.

Qianjie Yejia Shefei·Guodin This bean is produced by the Guodin Cooperative established in 2012. The processing method is classic washing and the baking degree is medium and light. From this bean, we can taste it well. To Qianjie mentioned above, the "Yejia Shefei flavor". That is, the elegant white flower fragrance, the fresh and bright lemon, and the clean green tea aroma. In addition, there is also a red cherry also from Yejia Xuefei in the Qianjie bean list, which is treated with sun exposure. Although it is sun-exposed, it also has excellent yega shefi flavor. However, on this basis, we can also drink other performances that are different from washing treatment. Interested friends can compare and try it, so that you can get a good understanding of the difference between sun-exposed treatment and washing treatment ~

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