Introduction to the description and treatment of geographical characteristics and flavor in Sidamo, Ethiopia

Ethiopian coffee beans

In the past, the Ethiopian sun exposure method used to spread wild coffee fruits directly on the mud ground for exposure. This method has two disadvantages:

1. After picking beans without special screening and treatment, uneven appearance and maturity are mixed together, the process is relatively rough, so the quality of coffee beans is unstable and prone to defective beans.

two。 Coffee farmers usually find an open space near their home to deal with it, so there are often a lot of impurities or dirt on the ground, and coffee is easy to get smelly.

The improved method of tanning, that is, to improve the two shortcomings of the traditional way:

1. When picking beans, only fully ripe crimson coffee cherries are picked. Before exposure, the beans will be screened for defects in the processing plant to make the beans look more average in size and maturity.

two。 Next, use tall wooden frames or whole scaffolding for the sun to avoid the risk of beans smelling on the ground. In the process of exposure, take good care of the beans so that the coffee beans can be evenly exposed to water; every three to five days, coffee workers will manually screen out defective and moldy beans. Therefore, by the end of the exposure, before the beans enter the market to remove the peel and flesh, a bright crimson coffee cherry is already a grade with few defects.

Baking degree: moderate

Origin: Sidamo producing area in southern Ethiopia

Blind test: Ethiopian coffee is mostly in the sun, but now it seems to have changed in recent years, and the fine coffee movement has made people's mouths more and more picky.

Less gossip, the aroma is obvious: according to Westerners, it is rose tea, but I think it is more like the taste of brown sugar and ginger soup, as well as the tonality of honey and oranges. 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 distinct. This is probably why it scored so high (and the price is so expensive).