Introduction of Yejia Snow Coffee beans for washed Refining

The main producing areas of Ethiopian coffee are Harald (Harar) in the east, Djimmah (southwest) and Sidamo (south). The unique fragrance of Yirgacheffe comes from Yirga, a small town in the northwest of Sidamo province. Yirgacheffe has always been famous in the eyes of coffee connoisseurs all over the world. the rare washed high-quality Arabica coffee is suitable for all degrees of baking, showing a fresh and bright aroma of flowers and fruits, beautiful and complete bean shape, which is incomparable to the general mocha. It has unique fruit aromas of citrus and lemon, with aromas of jasmine, sour taste similar to wine, clean and unmixed taste, just like freshly boiled citrus fruit tea with a long finish. Full of floral and citrus aromas, with mild acidity after moderate roasting and rich aromas after deep roasting, the rich and uniform taste is the most attractive feature of Ethiopian Yega snow caffeine. It is known as the best coffee bean in Ethiopia and is the representative of fine coffee in East Africa. Yirgacheffe is undoubtedly the most unique coffee in the world today.

Coffee tasting | Yega Schiffe (Yirgacheffe)

Most of the refining methods of Yirgacheffe are water washing (washed), which is fermented and shelled in the washing tank for about 72 hours and dried directly outside the plant. After the raw beans are manually selected and qualified by the Ethiopian Coffee Cocoa Management Agency, they are traded and exported through competitive bidding. Its annual output is about 225000 bags (each bag of 60kg). In the past, it was mainly sold to Northern Europe (mainly Germany) and Japan, and recently it has gradually attracted the attention of North America.

Coffee tasting | Yega Schiffe (Yirgacheffe)

In Ethiopia's coffee grading system, washing Grade 2 and dry Grade 4 are the highest grades, so there was only Yirgacheffe WP G2 on the market in the past.

Coffee tasting | Yega Schiffe (Yirgacheffe)

Note: Yirgacheffe G1 is a grade specially made by Mitsubishi of Japan to Ethiopia Coffee&Tea Authority. It first appeared on the market in 2002-03. The method of producing G1 grade beans is not the same as the general screening, but from the raw beans in the Knoga area with the highest elevation and good soil in Yirga village, which is strictly hand-selected. The size of the raw beans is almost the same, the appearance is quite beautiful, and there are almost no defective beans, and it is more likely to show the characteristics of Yirgacheffe after drinking. Because of the strict production process, the annual output of Yirgacheffe G1 is very rare, with an average of about 600 bags.