Pour-Over Brewing Parameters Recommendation for Ethiopian Washed Yirgacheffe Aricha G1 Specialty Coffee Beans

Brewing Instructions

FrontStreet Coffee's pour-over Yirgacheffe. 15g of coffee, medium-fine grind (Fujimiyama ghost-teeth grinder setting 3.5), V60 dripper, water temperature 91-93°C. First pour 30g of water for a 27-second bloom, then pour to 105g and pause. Wait until the water level drops to half, then slowly pour until reaching 225g in total. Avoid the tail section. Water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, total extraction time 2:00.

Product Information

Manufacturer: FrontStreet Coffee
Ingredients: House-roasted
Shelf Life: 90 days
Net Weight: 227g
Packaging: Bulk coffee beans
Processing Degree: Roasted coffee beans
Sugar Content: Sugar-free
Origin: Ethiopia
Roast Level: Light roast

Processing Method: Washed

Farmers first harvest coffee cherries from the trees and pour them into pools filled with water. Because ripeness varies, so does density: overripe and underripe cherries, along with leaves and twigs, float on the surface, while sufficiently ripe cherries sink to the bottom. This naturally screens out the cherries that pass the first round.

The selected ripe cherries then enter a depulper to remove the skin and pulp.

Next, the beans with remaining mucilage enter the fermentation stage, fermenting with microorganisms in water or in the air. After fermentation is complete, the parchment beans are washed clean in channels. Once washed, they enter the drying stage, where the moisture content of the green coffee is kept at around 12% as much as possible. They are then packed in jute bags and left to rest for 2-3 months so the green beans stabilize in quality. Finally the parchment is removed and the coffee is ready for sale.

Product Details

Product Name: FrontStreet Coffee Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Washed Aricha G1

Ethiopian Yirgacheffe Aricha G1 Washed

Country: Ethiopia
Grade: G1
Region: Yirgacheffe Gediyo
Altitude: 1900-2100 meters
Variety: Heirloom
Producer: Kebel Aricha
Flavor Notes: Sweet orange, cherry, honey sweetness

This batch of FrontStreet Coffee's washed Yirgacheffe is produced at the Kebel Aricha washing station, where about 650-700 small coffee farmers from the surrounding area bring their ripe coffee cherries for processing in exchange for cash.

About Project Origin

Sasa Sestic, 2015 World Barista Champion, started the green bean sourcing project called Project Origin three years ago with his business team at ONA Coffee. The project works directly with coffee farmers in poor countries and regions to improve their production conditions and offers them purchase prices 20% higher than fair trade prices.

The project's original intention also includes strengthening the connection between roasters and coffee farmers and guiding farmers to cultivate high-quality coffee beans. To date, Sasa has established relationships with coffee growers from eight countries, including Brazil, Panama, India, Ethiopia, El Salvador and Costa Rica.

Flavor Profile

FrontStreet Coffee Yirgacheffe Washed Aricha G1 Flavor Description: Sweet orange citrus notes, green berries, peach, longan and red date aroma, honey sweetness, cocoa with subtle spice notes, a full body and a long-lasting aftertaste.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

Washed Yirgacheffe is the benchmark for clean, floral Ethiopian coffee, and FrontStreet Yirgacheffe Gudingding Cooperative is the clearest expression of it. A washed G1 from the Gudingding village, it shows jasmine florals with bright citrus and lemon acidity, a green tea mid-palate and a honey finish, and it works well as a pour-over, a cold brew or an espresso. If you want a touch more fruit, FrontStreet Yirgacheffe Natural Red Cherry adds citrus acidity, berry juice and honeyed sweetness with a creamy body. FrontStreet brews Yirgacheffe at 90-91°C with 15g of coffee at a 1:15 ratio in a V60, ground to fine granulated sugar, about 80% passing a No. 20 sieve, blooming with 30g for 30 seconds and finishing at 225g in 2:00-2:10.