Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Coffee

Washed Grade 1 Yirgacheffe.

Dark chocolate will surge through milk-based coffee brews.

For black brews, you can expect sweet and smooth liquorice-aniseed and a delicious sticky mouthfeel.

Body : Medium, rounded

Aroma : Jasmine, frangipani, oak

Acidity : High, lemon, citric.

Flavor : Dark chocolate, liquorice-aniseed and sticky mouthfeel.

The King of Coffees

Yirgacheffe has a well-earned reputation as the King of Coffees.

Ethiopia is known as the spiritual birthplace of coffee. 

Technically, it was Yemen, but Ethiopia is where coffee started to grow as a commodity and become famous.

As a coffee-growing origin, Ethiopia is keenly watched by coffee roasters worldwide, despite being only the 7th or 8th ranked producer by volume.

So why do so many coffee roasters continue to monitor or care about what happens in Ethiopia?

It's because Ethiopian coffees can be a game-changer, especially in blends.

To take a football analogy - Buddy Franklin, Garry Ablett Jnr, Dustin Martin, Lionel Messi, and Christiano Ronaldo. It's the X-factor we are talking about here.

Coffees from Ethiopia are intense, complex and, in many respects, essential for super-charging coffee blends.

With such fantastic complexity, Ethiopia has different growing regions and varietals that produce unique and distinctive coffee characteristics.

There are also two different processing methods for Ethiopians - washed or natural (sun-dried)- producing entirely different cup outcomes.

Two lots of Ethiopian coffees rarely taste the same.

Even coffees from neighboring farms will taste remarkably different.

Generally speaking, the qualities of most Yirgacheffe coffees will be some of the best available in Africa.

Often, Yirgacheffe sets the standard or benchmark for the entire region. Seeing an "ordinary or mediocre" Yirgacheffe on the market is rare.

Yigacheffe coffees tend to be sweeter and more tea-like than rustic and bold coffees from other areas of Ethiopia.

Washed versus natural processed

In washed coffees, Yirgacheffe produces a potent, small, dense, rounded bean with a punchy flavour and clean fruit elements that reward the drinker with a satisfying finish.

Think stone fruit, apricot, lemon, citrus, honey and oak with berry complexity.

For dry processed (or natural) preparations, the Yirgacheffe coffees provide some of the most potent aromatics of any coffee.

Those natural-processed "fruit bombs" deliver insane sweet, clean, fruity elements unrivalled by other origins.

One of the most remarkable features of Ethiopia Yirgacheffee coffee is its versatility in any brew method application.

We source, roast and sell washed Ethiopian Yirgacheffe lots.

Our preference for washed Ethiopians is due to the intense fruitiness of natural (dry) processed Ethiopian Yirgacheffe coffees. Those naturally processed Ethiopians may, in some cases, be too much for our customers.

Washed versions of Yirgacheffe still have delicious fruit complexity, and they also come with the added benefits of some chocolate and caramel notes to help balance the cup.

Why has the price increased?

Ethiopia has always been a challenging origin for sourcing coffee.

The shipping ports are overloaded and congested; sometimes, a container can take many months to clear and ship. 

Transport and port infrastructure remain sub-standard, and the internal bureaucracy makes attempting to organise anything sensible a nightmare.

Ethiopia continues a multi-year civil war, a government trying to control the flow of goods via a highly regulated exchange.

Now, we have the local currency devaluing at astonishing rates.

Coffee sellers in Ethiopia are increasing their prices to avoid getting stuck with the country's currency.

They are taking this action as a precautionary measure to protect their business.

As a consequence, Ethiopian coffees are expensive.

They were expensive before due to intensity and cup quality, but now they are on another price level. 

Since the Red Sea attacks on shipping lines, getting coffee out of Ethiopia has become very challenging.

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