Ethiopia Washed Yirgacheffe Aricha G1 Specialty Coffee Beans: Flavor Profile, Origin, and Brewing Parameters

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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 Yirgacheffe is produced at the Kebel Aricha washing station, where approximately 650-700 smallholder coffee farmers from nearby areas deliver their ripe coffee cherries for processing in exchange for cash.

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 collaborates 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 original intention of this project also includes strengthening the connection between roasters and coffee farmers, while 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 Description: Sweet orange citrus notes, green berries, peach, longan and red date aroma, honey sweetness, cocoa with subtle spice notes, full body with long-lasting aftertaste

Yirgacheffe Processing Methods

Yirgacheffe coffee beans are categorized into two main types based on processing methods:

Type A: Washed processing method, with grading standards established by the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA), classified as Gr-1, Gr-2, where smaller Arabic numbers indicate higher grades. FrontStreet Coffee's G1 Yirgacheffe has a distinctive style—the fusion of citrus and floral notes in the coffee liquid is an irresistible delight that everyone can appreciate.

Type B: Natural processing method for green coffee beans, graded as Gr-1, Gr-3, Gr-4, Gr-5. Similarly, the highest-grade FrontStreet Coffee G1 natural Yirgacheffe offers rich fruit aromas. Opening a bag of freshly roasted FrontStreet Coffee G1 natural Yirgacheffe can completely transform your perception of coffee. Only those who have tasted the highest-grade FrontStreet Coffee natural Yirgacheffe will believe that coffee is truly a fruit.

Pour-over brewing method for FrontStreet Coffee's Yirgacheffe: 15g of coffee, ground to medium-fine (using Fujiyama鬼齿刀 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 halfway in the coffee bed, then continue pouring slowly until reaching 225g total. Avoid the tail end. Water-to-coffee ratio is 1:15, total extraction time 2:00.

Factory Name: Coffee Workshop FrontStreet Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee)
Factory Address: No. 10, Bao'an Qian Street, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou
Factory Contact: 020-38364473
Ingredients: House-roasted
Shelf Life: 90 days
Net Weight: 227g
Packaging: Bulk coffee beans
Roast Level: Roasted coffee beans
Sugar Content: Sugar-free
Origin: Ethiopia
Roast Degree: Light roast

Processing Method: Washed

Washed Processing Process

Happy coffee farmers first pick the coffee cherries from the trees, then pour them into pools filled with water. Due to different ripeness levels, coffee cherries have varying densities. Overripe and underripe coffee cherries, along with some leaves and branches, will float on the surface, while sufficiently ripe coffee cherries will sink to the bottom. This natural method serves as the first screening process for selecting coffee cherries.

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

Next, the coffee beans with remaining mucilage enter the fermentation stage (fermenting with microorganisms in water or air). After fermentation is complete, the beans with parchment are washed clean in water channels. Once cleaned, they enter the drying stage, where the moisture content of the coffee beans is maintained around 12%. The beans are then packed into jute bags and left to rest for about 2-3 months of green bean aging to stabilize their quality. Finally, the parchment is removed, and they're ready for sale!

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