Introduction of floral and citrus-scented Coffee varieties in Cedar Mochizo Coffee producing area

China Coffee Network

Sidamo grows in the southernmost Ethiopian plateau between 4600 and 7200 feet above sea level (Sidamo province). It is a famous boutique coffee area in southern Ethiopia, bordering Kenya, southeast of Gemma, just south of the capital, usually sweet and loved by most people. its annual output is about 225000 bags / 60kg, with a smaller bean body than Longberry, with gray in the green, and in the sun drying field in Sidamo. Coffee is placed in hemp net wooden frame, workers take turns in the sun exposure, manual stirring coffee, sun Sidamo is usually marked with G4 exit, washing Sidamo because the treatment process is more perfect, so most of them are exported at G2 level.

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 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 aroma: according to Westerners, it is rose tea, but I think it is more like a lighter brown sugar ginger soup, as well as the tonality of honey and orange. This one is obviously purer than other Sidamo. Under the background of sour and sweet flavor, you can taste the flavor of candied fruit, flowers and chocolate. The palate is a little thin, but very smooth. The tail rhyme has the taste of milk, caramel and chocolate, all of which are typical of Ethiopia. The taste level is very complex, but it is very bright and perfect showing fresh and bright flower and fruit aroma, beautiful and complete bean shape. Is the general mocha incomparable high-end coffee. 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 aroma, the performance is exciting, moderate roasting has a soft sour taste, deep roasting gives off a strong aroma, rich and uniform taste is the most attractive feature of Ethiopian Yega snow coffee, known as the best coffee beans in Ethiopia, is the representative of East African boutique coffee, and Yega snow coffee is the most unique coffee in the world today.