Ethiopian Natural Yirgacheffe Aricha G1 Specialty Coffee Beans Flavor Profile, Aroma, and Characteristics

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Flavor Description

Light fermented wine aroma, jujube, sweet citrus, dark berries, lychee, starfruit, peach, juicy peach, longan and red jujube fragrance, honey sweetness, cocoa with subtle spice notes—full body with a persistent aftertaste.

Product Information

Manufacturer: FrontStreet Coffee
Address: No. 10 Bao'an Qianjie, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou
Contact: 020-38364473
Ingredients: House-roasted
Shelf Life: 30 days
Net Weight: 227g
Packaging: Bulk
Taste: Acidic coffee beans
Bean State: Roasted coffee beans
Sugar Content: Sugar-free
Origin: Ethiopia
Coffee Variety: Yirgacheffe
Roast Degree: Light roast

Ethiopian Yirgacheffe Aricha G1

Product Name: FrontStreet Coffee Yirgacheffe Natural Aricha

Country: Ethiopia

Grade: G1

Region: Yirgacheffe Gedeo

Altitude: 1900-2100 meters

Processing Method: Natural

Variety: Heirloom

Producer: Kebel Aricha

Flavor: Light fermented wine aroma, sweet citrus, spice, honey sweetness

This FrontStreet Coffee Yirgacheffe comes from the Kebel Aricha processing station, where about 650-700 smallholder farmers from the surrounding area deliver their ripe cherries for processing in exchange for cash. Once the station screens out usable cherries, they go straight onto drying racks, where for the first few days they're turned every 2-3 hours to prevent over-fermentation. After four to six weeks of natural drying, workers machine-scrape away the dried outer pulp depending on weather and temperature, then move the beans to Addis Ababa for storage. As a rule, natural processed beans rest in parchment until hulling just before export, protecting green bean quality. This FrontStreet Coffee Natural Aricha earned a G1 rating—the highest grade under the ECX system—reflecting excellence in green bean appearance, consistency, freshness, dry aroma, and flavor. If you love bright acidity and rich berry flavors, you absolutely cannot miss this one!

About Project Origin

Sasa Sestic, the 2015 World Barista Champion, launched a green bean sourcing project called Project Origin three years ago together with his business team at ONA Coffee. The project works directly with coffee-farming families in poor countries and regions, improving their production conditions and paying them purchase prices 20% above fair trade rates.

The project's other aim is to strengthen the bond between roasters and farmers while guiding growers toward higher-quality cultivation. To date, Sasa has built relationships with coffee growers in eight countries, including Brazil, Panama, India, Ethiopia, El Salvador, and Costa Rica.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

Aricha is one of Yirgacheffe's most coveted micro-lots, and naturals like this one show exactly why the region earned its fame. If you'd like to explore more of Yirgacheffe, FrontStreet Coffee's Washed Yirgacheffe daily-drinker beans are the timeless counterpoint: white jasmine florals, bright citrus and lemon acidity, and a tea-like body at a friendly price—long the first bag we hand to people entering specialty coffee.

For another natural expression, FrontStreet Coffee's Natural Red Cherry comes from the "Red Cherry Project," a program founded jointly by Ethiopian farmers and the Dutch trader Trabocca to raise quality on smallholder farms. Only fully red, high-ripeness cherries are picked entirely by hand, then dried on raised beds and turned every 2-3 hours in the early days to avoid over-fermentation, for three to five weeks of sun-drying. The result is a cup of juicy berry fruit, honeyed sweetness, and creamy smoothness wrapped around Yirgacheffe's citrus acidity.

And for the very peak of the region, look for FrontStreet Coffee's Washed Gedeb from the Gedeb cooperative, which left the YCFCU's Wenago cooperative in 2012 with about 300+ smallholder members whose processing skill is second to none. Washed into tropical fruits, cream, honey, berries, and citrus, it's the clean, transparent window into Yirgacheffe's terroir—pair it with this natural Aricha and you'll taste both halves of what makes the region great.