Introduction to Ethiopian Sidamo Coffee with acidity, texture, taste and aroma

The flavor of water-washed coffee is not easy to have wild flavor, and has the characteristics of purity and freshness, which is suitable for the baking degree from City to Full City. In some Ethiopian water-washed coffee beans with excellent nature, obvious lemon, citrus essential oil, jasmine, honey and so on can be detected, with obvious sour taste and mellow feeling. All kinds of mocha beans treated in the sun have wild flavor in the basic flavor, but the degree is more or less different, so it is more suitable for the baking degree from Full City to Vienna. The essence of the excellent sun, mocha beans, its tail will have a distinct dark chocolate flavor, some have a delightful blueberry-like fermented fruit and red wine-like texture of Ethiopia. Sidamo is a type of single origin that grows in Ethiopia. Arabica coffee from Sidamo. Like coffee in most African countries, Ethiopia. Sidamo is characterized by small gray beans, but characterized by its rich, spicy, wine or chocolate-like taste and floral aroma. The most distinctive flavor found in all Sidamo coffee is the exit of lemon and citrus, bright and crisp acidity coffee.

Coffee is Ethiopia's most important export cash crop and the main source of Ethiopia's foreign exchange earnings. Ethiopia's coffee exports account for about 3% of the world market, making it the eighth largest coffee exporter in the world. Coffee exports increased steadily from 58000 tons in 1990 to 110000 tons in 1995-1996 and remained at this level in the following years. The export volume exceeded 110000 tons from 2001 to 2002 and reached 127000 tons from 2002 to 2003. As the price of coffee on the international market has been declining for a decade, Ethiopia's foreign exchange earnings have been seriously affected. Before the sharp drop in coffee prices, coffee exports accounted for more than half of Ethiopia's foreign exchange earnings, but now they account for only about 35 per cent. But according to the International Coffee Organization, coffee prices rebounded in 2002, rising from 41 cents per pound in September 2001 to 52 cents per pound in 2002 and 59.7 cents per pound in 2003. The average price in March 2004 was 60.8 cents per pound, an increase of 50% over September 2001. This is excellent news for Ethiopia.

Ethiopian people are addicted to coffee. In 2003, domestic consumption accounted for 42.3% of the total output, with a per capita consumption of 3 kg. But more than half of the coffee produced each year is used for export to earn foreign exchange. The main exporters include the United States, Italy, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway, Greece, France, Belgium, Germany and Australia.

Before 1974, the right to produce, process and trade coffee was in private hands. During the military administration, private farms were nationalized and smallholder coffee producers were snubbed. In 1991, the Ethiopian Transitional Government issued a new economic policy to encourage private businessmen to export coffee. As a result, the number of private coffee exporters has increased sharply. Nearly 90% of coffee exports are now in the hands of private exporters.

The characteristics of Ethiopian coffee

The natural characteristics of coffee beans include size, shape, acidity, texture, taste and aroma. Essel's coffee beans are small, fragrant and sour like wine, and are loved by coffee lovers. Because of its unique aroma and taste, Ethiopian coffee is often used in the production and variety improvement of beverages, ice cream and sweets.