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Ethiopian Washed Yirgacheffe Aricha G1 Specialty Coffee Beans: Grading, Pricing, Green Beans & Roast Level

Published: 2026-01-27 Author: FrontStreet Coffee

Last Updated: 2026/01/27, Professional barista exchange - Follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat public account: cafe_style). About Project Origin by Sasa Sestic, 2015 World Barista Champion, who three years ago started a green bean sourcing project called Project Origin with his business team ONA Coffee. This project directly collaborates with coffee farming families in impoverished countries and regions to improve their livelihoods and coffee quality.

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About Project Origin

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

The original intention of this project also includes strengthening the connection between roasters and coffee farmers, and guiding coffee 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 Description

Sweet citrus notes, green berries, peach, longan and red date aroma, honey sweetness, cocoa with subtle spice notes, full body with persistent aftertaste

Yirgacheffe Coffee Classification

Yirgacheffe is divided into two main categories based on green bean processing methods:

Category A includes washed processing, with standards set by the "Specialty Coffee Association of America" SCAA, classified as Gr-1, Gr-2, where smaller Arabic numbers indicate higher grades. G1 Yirgacheffe has a distinctive style - the flavor of citrus and floral notes blended into the coffee liquid is an irresistible taste that everyone cannot resist;

Category B includes natural processing of coffee green beans, classified as Gr-1, Gr-3, Gr-4, Gr-5. Similarly, the highest grade G1 natural Yirgacheffe has rich fruit aroma. Opening a bag of freshly roasted G1 natural Yirgacheffe can subvert everyone's original understanding of coffee. Only those who have tasted the highest grade natural Yirgacheffe will believe that coffee is a fruit.

Brewing Method

Hand-poured Yirgacheffe. 15g coffee, medium-fine grind (Fujimaru ghost tooth grinder 3.5 setting), V60 dripper, 91-93°C water temperature. First pour 30g water, bloom for 27 seconds, then pour to 105g and pause. Wait until the water level drops to half, then continue slow pouring until reaching 225g. Avoid the tail section. Water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, extraction time 2:00.

Product Information

Manufacturer: Coffee Workshop FrontStreet Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee)
Address: No. 10, Bao'an Front Street, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou
Manufacturer Contact: 020-38364473
Ingredients: In-house roasted
Shelf Life: 90 days
Net Weight: 227g
Packaging: Bulk coffee beans
Roast Level: Light roast
Raw/Cooked Degree: Roasted coffee beans
Contains Sugar: Sugar-free
Origin: Ethiopia
Processing Method: Washed

Washed Processing Method

Happy coffee farmers will first pick coffee cherries from the trees, then pour them into pools filled with water. Due to different maturity levels of coffee cherries, their density varies. Overripe and unripe coffee cherries, along with some branches and leaves, will float on the water surface, while sufficiently ripe coffee cherries will sink to the bottom. Naturally, this method screens out coffee cherries that pass the first round.

The selected ripe coffee cherries will then enter the depulper to remove the skin and pulp;

Next, coffee beans with remaining pulp mucilage will enter the fermentation stage (fermenting with microorganisms in water or in the air). After fermentation is complete, the fruit with parchment will enter washing channels to be cleaned thoroughly. After washing comes the drying stage, where the moisture content of the green coffee beans is maintained at around 12%. Then they are placed in jute bags for 2-3 months of resting to stabilize their quality. Finally, the parchment is removed and they are ready for sale!

Ethiopian Yirgacheffe Aricha G1 Washed

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

This batch of Yirgacheffe is produced at the Kebel Aricha processing station, where approximately 650-700 small coffee farmers from nearby areas deliver their ripe coffee cherries for processing and receive cash in exchange.