Is Ethiopia sidamo Sidamo G2 Robusta or Arabica? Coffee beans

Coffee has more than a hundred varieties of coffee, the more common coffee are: Arabica Arabica, outstanding personality, unique flavor, is the main force of boutique coffee, mainly used for coffee shop management and high-end coffee market supply; Robusta Robusta, rough flavor, high caffeine content, not boutique coffee, often used for instant coffee processing and Italian coffee mixed beans.

Ethiopian Typica and Yemeni Bourbon are the oldest coffee varieties known so far. Many Arabica variants have been derived after they were transplanted from the country of origin to Central and South America and Asia. The small seed coffee cultivated in Yunnan, China is one of the Typica variants, and there are Bourbon variants in other regions.

SidamoWashedG2

Country: Ethiopia

Grade: G2

Producing area: Sidamo producing area

Treatment: washing

Variety: Heirloom

Flavor: wild ginger, honey, citrus, lemon

The Sidamo producing area, which is 1400-2200 meters above sea level, is a famous boutique coffee area in southern Ethiopia, bordering Kenya. The washed Sidamo is light green, the beans are small, the growth is oval, the fruit is full, the average quality is good, the smell is fragrant and mellow, a drop of entrance, endless aftertaste, with wild beauty.

The coffee flavor of Sidamo is very diverse, with different soil types, microclimate and countless native coffee species, which make the coffee produced in cities and towns have 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. Thus it can be seen that the raw beans in this area are extraordinary. The territory has towering mountains, highlands, plateaus, valleys and plains, with diverse topography. The geology of the area belongs to fertile, well-drained volcanic soil with a depth of nearly two meters and a dark brown or brown surface soil. 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.

Unlike ordinary African coffee, Sidamo has clear acidity, smooth taste and delicate floral smell. Washing Sidamo is elegant and playful. The entrance is mild and pleasant, with a strong taste impact with the bright lemon acid later on. The palate is unique and mellow, with a chic and pleasant aftertaste. The slowly rising finish contains chic sweetness. Coffee raw beans are grayish in some places thick and small in some places, soft and strong acidity, mellow, sweet and spicy, and is one of the courtyard coffees in the highlands of southern Ethiopia.