An introduction to the flavor and taste characteristics of the Sidamo Shakiso Coffee Manor with endless aftertaste

Xidamo Village is located in the low mountain valley slope, 659 meters above sea level. The mountain field is vast, the land is mountain leaching cinnamon soil, the vegetation is luxuriant, the woodland area is 10 square kilometers, there are many biological species, only hundreds of plants. The most important feature of Sidamo Village is that the rivers in the village continue to flow all the year round, which is relatively rare in the northern mountains. The formation of Sidamo Village is also related to this unique natural conditions. Before 1934, Sidamo was originally only a mountain farm of Xiaqingshui Village, which was not an independent village. due to the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese army burned and looted in Zhaitangchuan, and the people of Xiqingshui Village came to Xidamo for refuge, opened up wasteland and planted land between the mountains and rivers, and gradually formed a village. In 1938, the name of Xidamo village appeared in the eighth administrative division of Wanping County, which shows that Xidamo village was actually formed in the mid-1930s.

Although the village was built late, the small village has a long history. It is well known that Dharma is the ancestor of Zen Buddhism. He came to China in 517 AD, and Qingshui Town has such place names as Damoling, Damogou, Damozhuang and so on. Is it related to the ancestor of Dharma? Legend has it that the eighth generation of disciples of Bodhidharma of Songshan Shaolin Temple traveled around Baihua Mountain. He built temples, spread the dharma, widely applied good fortune, secretly sheltered Dharma ancestors, and often showed himself in order to solve the ailments of local residents, or to spread art in dreams, or to show himself in an image. In order to commemorate the merits and virtues of Dharma, the peak here is called Dama Mountain, and the village is divided into Damo Village, Shangdama Village and Xidamo Village.

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Today's Xidamo is a small village with a population of less than 200 people, with a quiet pastoral scenery. In fact, like many mountain villages in Mentougou, it is also a red village with an unyielding history of the War of Resistance against Japan. It is the seat of the government of Wanping County during the War of Resistance against Japan. Every plant, every tree, every mountain and stone in the village witnessed the beacon years of the Pingxi revolutionary base. The taste of Sidama in the sun is close to the smell of flowers, but it is about a little earthy. Water washing has a nutty fruit aroma with a slight cocoa aroma, but what the two have in common is smooth taste and viscosity, comfortable and pleasant acidity and fragrance. Light or medium roasting is suitable for individual products, while medium or deep roasting is suitable for blending coffee and good Espresso base.

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. It is elegant and playful, with a mild and pleasant taste, and a strong taste impact with later bright lemon acid. the taste is unique, mellow, chic and pleasing, and the slowly rising tail contains a variety of sweet Sidamo coffee flavors. Different soil types, microclimates and countless native coffee species, towering mountains, highlands, plateaus, valleys and plains, diverse topography, and the geology of the area belongs to nutrient-rich, well-drained volcanic soil. the depth of the soil is nearly two meters, and the surface soil is dark brown or brown. 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. Therefore, the coffee produced in cities and towns has 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.

Sidamo Coffee beans are grayish, thick in some places and small in others, with soft and strong acidity, mellow and sweet and spicy. It is one of the courtyard coffees in the highlands of southern Ethiopia. Unlike ordinary African coffee, Sidamo has clear acidity, smooth taste and delicate floral smell.