A brief introduction to the Market Price of Ethiopian Fine Sidamo Coffee varieties

Ethiopia washed coffee Yega Chuefei G1 G2

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. At present, the grading is not uniform and messy, because there are also Grade I and II (Grand G2) Yirga Cheffe processed by sun processing, but the highest grade of Harald (Harar) is Grade IV (G4).

Yega Xuefei's coffee trees were planted by monks in Europe and later transferred to farmers or cooperatives. Yejasuefei is actually constructed by surrounding coffee communities or cooperatives, including: Hafusha, Hama, Biloya Garshefi is a small town, 700-2100 meters above sea level, is synonymous with Ethiopian boutique coffee. It has been a wetland since ancient times. The ancient saying "Yirga" means "settle down" and "Cheffe" means "wetland". The mode of production and flavor of coffee here are so outstanding that Ethiopian coffee farmers compete to be proud of the flavor of their own coffee. To become the most famous coffee producing area in Africa, Ethiopia's Yirgacheffe coffee is delicate, delicate and sweet. As the hometown of coffee, thousands of years of planting history and processing tradition in Ethiopia have created high-quality washed Arabica beans. Light baking has unique sweet aromas of lemon, flowers and honey, soft acidity and citrus flavors, fresh and bright on the palate. No milk or sugar, let the rich texture and unique soft scent of flowers brush your taste buds

Dry aroma: berries, tropical fruits, fermented wine, jujube, tea, milk chocolate.

Wet aroma: medium sweet and sour aromas of sun berries, citrus, slightly fermented fruit, fruit wine.

Palate: comfortable and interesting sour fruit, good sweetness and low thickness.

Recommended production methods: hand punching, legal pressing, Ailo pressure. Hand grinding degree: 3.5 degrees, water temperature: 90 degrees.

This Gima, which accounts for about 50 per cent of Ethiopia's annual output (1000000bags/60kg), is located in the southwestern highlands of the country (at the junction of Kaffa and Illubabor provinces), growing between 4400 and 6000 feet above sea level, usually exported to G5/G4.

However, in recent years, about 10% or 20% of Gima has been used to make up for the lack of taste of coffee, but its quality has gradually declined to its own level, but there are bipolar comments on coffee buyers (my friend only uses Gima as the base of espresso in his store, and its strong flavor surprises me). The coffee is like a hara, following the ancient way of sunburn. It is also a little sour but slightly inferior to Hara, with medium texture and rugged earthy taste.

Ghimbi & # 39; Lekempti / Solar, naturally dried or washed (Sundried or Nature Dry-Processed and Washed)

Growing in western Ethiopia, 4900-5900 feet (Wollega province) plateau, north of Jima, mostly wild, annual output is about 500000bags/60kg, export is mostly G5/G4, bean body is larger and longer than Longberry, a little brown in green, taste similar to less jasmine tea, more bitter, lack of rising Hara, slightly sour, slightly fruity and wine aroma, but slightly inferior to Hara, but with good texture and viscosity. So the beans in Jinbi District are jokingly called "poor man'". S Harar ".

The taste is complex but balanced, with better throat rhyme in deep culture and longer back sweet. It is one of the materials that many bakers like to use as comprehensive beans. Of course, it can also be used as a good single product, suitable for drinking after meals.

Although the Ethiopian Yirgacheffe coffee is petite, it is gentle and delicate and sweet. As the hometown of coffee, thousands of years of planting history and processing tradition in Ethiopia have created high-quality washed Arabica beans. Light baking has unique sweet aromas of lemon, flowers and honey, soft acidity and citrus flavors, fresh and bright on the palate. No milk or sugar, let the rich texture and unique soft flower scent brush your taste buds, leaving an endless aftertaste.

Yega Xuefei is a small town, 700-2100 meters above sea level, synonymous with Ethiopian boutique coffee. It has been a wetland since ancient times. The ancient saying "Yirga" means "settle down" and "Cheffe" means "wetland". The mode of production and flavor of coffee here is so outstanding that Ethiopian coffee farmers compete to be proud of the flavor of their coffee, making it the most famous coffee producing area in Africa.

At first, Yejassefi's coffee trees were planted by European monks, and later by farmers or cooperatives. Yega Xuefei is actually constructed by the surrounding coffee communities or cooperatives, including: Hafusha, Hama, Biloya.

These mountain villages are foggy, like spring all year round, with a gentle breeze in summer, cool but not hot, rain but not damp, and no cold damage in winter, giving birth to a unique regional flavor of citrus and flowers. Coffee trees are mostly planted in farmers' own backyards or mixed with other crops in the field.

Ethiopia is the birthplace of the famous Arabica coffee beans, and people have always maintained the tradition of harvesting wild coffee beans. The coffee garden with an elevation of more than 1500 meters has formed a unique coffee style after more than a thousand years of evolution and adaptation. Ethiopian coffee grown in the natural wild environment is called "wilderness coffee". It retains the most primitive and natural taste of coffee beans and has the most direct and full expression of the local environment.

It is worth mentioning that most of the coffee in Central and South America is imported, but Ethiopia is a rare native place, and there are countless native wild varieties that have not yet been discovered.

Of the nine major coffee producing areas in Ethiopia, Hidamo and Yegashafi are the most outstanding. Yega Xuefei originally belongs to the sub-region of Hidamo, which is independent because of its special flavor. Because of its rich and complex fruit aroma, it has become an international hit almost overnight, becoming a hot target for experts and expensive.

Ethiopia grows coffee in different climatic zones, so it has more than 140 farm varieties, and fresh coffee is produced all the year round. The quality of Ethiopian coffee varies according to different elevations and regional ecological environment. The Harar coffee in the southeast highland is a typical Muha coffee with strong aroma; the coffee produced in southwest Wollega has a rich fruity flavor; Limu coffee has wine and spice flavor; Sidamo coffee is mild, full-bodied and sour, while Yirgacheffee coffee has floral flavor. Taste Yega Xuefei, chocolate and sour taste more intense, like lemon flying, with a trance of flowers.

Interestingly, Ethiopians also put pictures of horses on the coffee package to show the purity of the coffee. It is said that in the era when horses were the main means of transportation, Ethiopians were proud that Ethiopia had the best thoroughbred horses in the world. Now they give this pride to Ethiopian coffee, "high-quality coffee should be as pure as thoroughbred horses". As a result of adhering to this concept, the taste of coffee here is still so mellow.