Natural Ethiopia Sidamo Shakisso G1 Guji Honey Premium Coffee Bean Flavor Profile and Aroma Characteristics

Coffee Tasting Notes

Dry Aroma: Sweet cherry, raisins, preserved fruits, preserved plums, dried pineapple, strawberries

Wet Aroma: Cherry, cranberries, sweet orange, plums, blueberries, honey peaches, lychees

Sip: The entry is like juicy honey peach with a sweet pineapple acidity. The mid-palate floods the mouth with cranberry, blueberry, strawberry, pineapple, and dried-fruit aromas, and the finish lingers on lychee and plum with a syrupy, dried-fruit viscosity. Drinking it feels like being caught in a tropical fruit storm — elegant yet assertive, a cup that truly lives up to the name Nectar.

Product Information

Manufacturer: FrontStreet Coffee
Address: No. 10 Bao'an Front Street, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou
Shelf Life: 90 days
Net Weight: 227g
Packaging: Bulk
Origin: Ethiopia

Coffee Details

Sidamo Natural G1

Country: Ethiopia

Grade: G1

Origin: Guji

Roast Level: Medium-Light

Process: Natural

Variety: Local Landrace

Region: Shakiso

Flavor Notes: Cranberries, sweet orange, plums, blueberries

Regional Background

Shakiso sits in Guji, in Ethiopia's southern Oromia region, bordering Sidama and Gedeo. The area is dotted with pits originally dug for gold mining, which makes walking through the coffee-growing zones genuinely hazardous. Even within Sidamo, Shakiso is remote — far from most of the province's coffee areas — and its other famous product is gold. A combination of miners, contested land, and ethnic tensions left the region unstable as recently as 2006, and its biggest challenge today remains finding enough hands to maintain the farms and harvest the coffee. Local smallholders began cultivating organic coffee here in 2001 and work closely with mid-sized producers, who know best how to grow forest coffee at high elevations.

Shakiso stands out within Guji for exactly these reasons, and its coffee is equally distinctive: Ninety Plus's legendary Nekisse also comes from this area. The name "Nectar" itself derives from the nectar of Shakiso. Search "Guji" on Coffee Review and you will find more than ten reviews of this coffee scoring 92 points or above, with several topping out at 94 and 95.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee, is home to countless native varieties and remains hallowed ground for coffee lovers. If you enjoy this natural Guji lot, FrontStreet's natural "Hua Kui" from the Hambella district of Guji, Sidamo, is an easy next step. The 200-hectare farm uses traditional natural processing: workers dry the ripe cherries on raised beds for 21 days to keep them off the soil and away from mold, turning them constantly for even drying and hand-sorting out defective beans every three to five days before the hardened skin is milled off and the green beans receive one final hand selection. Roasted medium-light, it offers a light fermented wine aroma, florals, citrus, and mango — a noticeably richer and more complex cup with honey sweetness, cocoa, and a whisper of spice, full-bodied with a persistent finish.