Introduction to the flavor and taste characteristics of coffee from Xidamo Chiso producing area of Ethiopia

In February 1977, Lieutenant Colonel Mengistu Haier Maryam (MENGISTU HAILE MARIAM) launched a military coup and served as Chairman and head of State of the interim military Administrative Council. In 1979, the Ethiopian Labor people's Party Organizing Committee, mainly composed of soldiers, was established to implement an one-party system. In 1984, the Ethiopian Workers' Party was formed according to the Soviet Communist Party model. In September 1987, Mengistu announced the dissolution of the "interim military Administrative Council", the end of military rule, the establishment of the "people's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia" and the establishment of a new parliament, with Mengistu as president and head of government.

In March 1988, the rebel "Eritrean people's Liberation Front" (EPLF) and the "Tigre people's Liberation Front" (TPLF) launched an attack on government forces, and a large-scale civil war broke out. In 1989, the Eritrean people's Liberation Front occupied most of Eritrea. On 28 May 1991, EGF troops, mainly the Tigre people's Liberation Front, entered Addis Ababa and the Mengistu regime disintegrated in December 1994 and formulated the Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. According to the Constitution, Ethiopia will implement a federal system and a parliamentary cabinet system after the general election for a term of five years. After the national election in May 1995, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia was established on August 22, and Meles became prime minister in her capacity as chairman of the majority party of the people's House of Representatives. On May 14, 2000, Ethiopia held a national election, and EGF defeated other opposition parties by an absolute majority to stay in power. In October, the new federal parliament and government were established, and the speakers of both houses and Prime Minister Meles were re-elected, and the original cabinet also remained in office with the approval of the parliament. In October 2001, May readjusted government institutions and reshuffled the cabinet, adding the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture and the Ministry of Taxation. Ethiopia, which is composed of 18 ministers, has a large gap in latitude span and altitude, although it is located in the tropics, but the temperature is uneven. The heavy rainy season is from June to September, the dry season is from October to January, and the light rainy season is from February to May. Due to uneven rainfall in different seasons and regions, local drought is easy to occur. The temperature ranges from 9.7 ℃ to 25.5 ℃. The average annual temperature is 16 ℃. Ethiopia is rectangular, with a ratio of length to width of 3:2. From top to bottom, it is composed of green, yellow and red parallel equal horizontal rectangles, with the national emblem in the middle of the flag. Since the end of the 19th century, Ethiopia began to use the green, yellow and red cross-striped national flag. In modern history, Ethiopia is the first African country to join the forest of free nations.

The coffee in Sidamo has a variety of 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 extraordinary sun-drying taste of raw beans in this area is close to the smell of flowers, but 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 the later bright lemon acid. the taste is unique, mellow, chic and pleasing, and the slowly rising end rhyme contains chic sweetness. as Ethiopia's grading system is still very backward, it can be divided into special grades (usually Yirgacheffe and Sidamo), level 1, level 2, level 3, level 4 and level 5.

In Ethiopia, Japanese beans are usually found, such as small stones or twigs, so special attention should be paid to grinding.

Of course, there are these small shortcomings, but it does not affect his taste, the most worth mentioning is that sidamo's mocha caffeine is a natural low-caffeine coffee, try Japanese-style coffee, feel that the wild and unrestrained desert water-washed coffee flavor is not easy to have wild flavor, with pure, refreshing characteristics, suitable for City to Full City roasting degree Some essential excellent Ethiopian water-washed coffee beans, sometimes can detect obvious lemon, citrus essential oil, jasmine, honey and so on, the sour taste is obvious, mellow and thin. 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 texture.