Introduction to the quality characteristics of the roasting flavor description treatment of Ethiopian Sidamomo Lion King Coffee

Sidamo coffee roasting

The highest levels of Sidamo (Yirgacheffe, Sidamo) are level 2 and level 3 (G2, G3).

Most of the sun-processed coffee in eastern Ethiopia are grade 4 or grade 5 (G4, G5).

In many cases, level 4 coffee is marked as level 5 in order to reduce taxes. The current classification is not uniform and messy, because there are also first-and second-tier (Grand G2) Yirga Cheffe processed by tanning, but the highest level of Harald (Harar) is level four (G4).

Ethiopia fought a two-year trademark battle with coffee giant Starbucks over the trademark of Sidamo in 2005, because Starbucks applied for Sidamo as a trademark as early as 2004. when Ethiopian farmers recovered only $1.45 a pound, beans from Sidamo were sold by Starbucks at $26 per pound. From this we can see how profitable Starbucks is. However, under the pressure of international public opinion, Starbucks finally gave up the competition for the Sidamo trademark in 2007. Nowadays, the trademark rights of Yejasuefei, Harald and Sidamo are all in Ethiopia's own hands, and the hard-working farmers have been rewarded accordingly. in order to continuously deliver the fine coffee produced here to coffee lovers around the world, the grading standard of Sidamo is according to the defect rate, and the less the number of defective beans in the same weight standard, the better the quality and the higher the grade! Generally divided into two and three levels (G2, G3), water-washed Sidamo because the treatment process is more perfect than the sun, so most of the G2 level exports are more. Most of the sun-processed coffee is grade 3 or grade 4 or grade 5 (G3, G4, G5). In many cases, level four coffee will be marked as level five, but that is to reduce taxes. The current classification is not very uniform and a bit messy, but anyway you can see that the one marked G1 must be the highest level of Sidamo, whether it's washing or tanning.

Although Sidamo, Harald and Yega Xuefei belong to the same country of Ethiopia, they all have different tastes. Unlike Yega's clean, lively and vibrant, Harald has a mixed taste, but the special berry wine makes it more ripe and steady. Sidamo is more neutral than Yejia Xuefei in taste, especially like Sichuan cuisine and Hunan cuisine in our country. they have both similarities and differences. traditional Sidamo uses the ancient sun treatment method, slightly fermented fruit aroma, with more intense nutty aroma and slightly Yega flavor acidity, sour is relatively bright but fleeting, not thick, with a comfortable smooth taste That is, what we often describe as having a moderate sweet and sour feeling.