What 90+ Danchimeng Coffee Brands Exist and Danchimeng Coffee Brewing Steps

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According to the degree of fruit flavor influence on taste during processing, they can be categorized from low to high as: W2, H2, N2. These three flavor distinctions can also be simply understood as processing methods: W2 = WASH (washed processing); H2 = HONEY (honey processing); N2 = NATURE (natural processing):

W2: Low fruit notes; emphasizing brightness, acidity, and floral aromas.

H2: Moderate fruit notes; emphasizing sweetness, fruit texture (rather than fruit aroma), and tea-like sensations.

N2: High fruit notes; emphasizing boldness, sweet-tart balance, and jammy dried fruit flavors.

Coffee Profile

Roast Level: Light roast

Processing Method: Natural

Variety: Local indigenous varieties

Processor: Ninety Plus

Flavor Notes: Nectarine, tropical fruits, oak barrel aroma

About Ninety Plus

"Ninety Plus" doesn't refer to all coffees scoring above 90 points. Good coffee appears one year and may not the next. Sometimes it emerges from different estates, each with different flavor characteristics. "Ninety Plus" refers to a premium coffee series of 13 flavor profiles. These coffees come exclusively from Ninety Plus Coffee, an American specialty coffee creator. They are all Ethiopian Heirloom varieties, cultivated in ecological environments and processed to artistic standards with flavor optimization. The processing is Ninety Plus's specialty - they separate these coffees by variety, microclimate, and harvest timing, tasting each individually and designing specific processing methods for each flavor profile, achieving distinctive taste characteristics like major fashion designs, crafted with dedicated research and effort to create near-artistic masterpieces. Natural products undergo extensive refinement and improvement before reaching their most beautiful form for presentation.

The ancient natural processing method rarely achieves pure flavor profiles, but with Ninety Plus's technical support, only the most mature coffee cherries are hand-selected, and the natural drying process involves careful constant stirring to ensure uniformity.

Ninety Plus beans use a completely different naming approach from conventional specialty beans - they don't include region or estate names. Each bean is named according to its flavor profile. For example, FrontStreet Coffee's Ninety Plus "Zhu Mang" means "best approach" in the local dialect. Starting from a flavor concept, then naming, followed by region and partner farm selection, this shows that Ninety Plus is a brand with boutique management style.

Ethiopian Coffee Regions

In Ethiopia, you can find various coffee cultivation methods: from vast wild coffee forests and semi-developed lands to traditional small plots and modern plantations. About 50% of coffee is grown at altitudes above 1500 meters. Ethiopian coffee is divided into nine major coffee regions based on these four different production methods, including five specialty coffee regions: Sidamo, Yirgacheffe, Harar, Limu, and Lekempti, plus four commercial bean regions: Djimah, Illubabor, Tepi, and Bebeka. Each region uses either natural or washed processing methods, and different processing methods affect flavor profiles. Currently, natural processing accounts for about 80%, while washed processing accounts for about 20%.

Danch Meng | FrontStreet Coffee 90+ Danch Meng

Name Origin: Danch Meng is actually Ninety Plus Company's sub-brand Level Up, an Ethiopian green coffee launched jointly with green bean trader Bodhi Leaf in 2013. Danch Meng is locally translated as "Perfect approach" (佳途), grown by small farmers from Yirgacheffe's Kilenina Abay Tolmenso area. Launched with Ninety Plus Company's professional flavor processing background, this FrontStreet Coffee 90+ Danch Meng possesses very unique Yirgacheffe flavor characteristics thanks to Ninety Plus's natural processing technology.

Origin: Ninety Plus Ethiopia SNNP, Kambata region

Altitude: 1700m - 2000m

Processing Method: Natural

Flavor: Cocoa, black raspberry, plum, juicy, floral aroma, blueberry, dark chocolate

Drima Zede

Net weight: 227g
Packaging: Bulk
Origin: Ethiopia

Level Up Drima Zede

Country: Sidamo

Altitude: 1750-2000m

Region: Sidamo

Hand Brew: FrontStreet Coffee's Sidamo. 15g of coffee, medium-fine grind (Fuji ghost tooth grinder setting 3.5), V60 dripper, water temperature 91-93°C. First pour 30g of water, 27-second bloom, pour to 105g then stop, wait until the bed level drops to half, then slowly pour until reaching 225g. Avoid the tail section. Water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, extraction time 2:00.

Level Up Brand Details

Danch Meng, phonetically translated, means "good path." This batch of FrontStreet Coffee 90+ Danch Meng comes from Kambata in Yirgacheffe. Thanks to Ninety Plus's natural processing technology, FrontStreet Coffee 90+ Danch Meng possesses very unique Yirgacheffe flavor characteristics.

Level Up is a sub-brand from the renowned Ninety Plus company, launched jointly by Ninety Plus and green bean trader Bodhi Leaf in 2013. The Level Up team's quality control is managed by Semeon Abay, and they recruited Ashenafi Agraw, former chairman of the Sidamo Farmers' Cooperative Union, to serve as this project's director.

Ninety Plus is an American coffee company different from typical green bean traders - it advocates for origin sourcing, finding good beans, and long-term operations! To find good beans, they roll up their sleeves and work with local coffee farmers, establishing their own brands and partner brands. Moreover, Ninety Plus company places great importance on post-harvest processing of coffee cherries, with their own unique green bean processing methods! In coffee naming, they are also unique - unlike other beans named by region, Ninety Plus coffees are named after their flavor profiles following rigorous cupping sessions.

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