Sitama Coffee Flavor Description Characteristics Taste Treatment Method Production Area Grinding Scale Variety Introduction

Description characteristics of Coffee Flavor in Sidamo Coffee introduction to the varieties of Grinding scale produced by Taste treatment

Coffee is Ethiopia's most important export cash crop and the main source of Ethiopia's foreign exchange earnings. Ethiopia's coffee exports account for about 3% of the world market, making it the eighth largest coffee exporter in the world. Coffee exports increased steadily from 58000 tons in 1990 to 110000 tons in 1995-1996 and remained at this level in the following years. The export volume exceeded 110000 tons from 2001 to 2002 and reached 127000 tons from 2002 to 2003. As the price of coffee on the international market has been declining for a decade, Ethiopia's foreign exchange earnings have been seriously affected. Before the sharp drop in coffee prices, coffee exports accounted for more than half of Ethiopia's foreign exchange earnings, but now it accounts for only about 35%.

The coffee flavor of Sidamo is very diverse, and the different soil types, microclimate and countless native coffee species make the coffee produced in each town have obvious differences and characteristics. In 2010-12, it won three consecutive high marks from coffee review 92 to 94, which shows the extraordinary value of raw beans in this area! The territory is covered by towering mountains, highlands, plateaus, valleys and plains with a variety of topography. The geology of the area belongs to the fertile and well-drained volcanic soil, which is nearly two meters deep and the surface soil is dark brown or brown. The biggest advantage of this place is that the soil fertility is maintained through the circulation of natural organic matter, with the withered leaves or litter of the surrounding trees and the residual roots of plants as natural fertilizer. This batch is produced by Sirsa Shilcho Cooperative near Dilla Town.

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 smell.