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"Ethiopian Sidamo" is a type of single-origin coffee, Arabica coffee grown in the Sidamo province of Ethiopia. Like most African coffees, Ethiopian Sidamo features small grayish beans, but is characterized by its rich, spicy, wine-like or chocolate-like flavors and floral aromas. The most distinctive flavors found in all Sidamo coffees are lemon and citrus, with bright, crisp acidity. Sidamo coffees include Yirgacheffe coffee and Guji coffee, both of which are of excellent quality.

Variety: Local indigenous Heirloom

Producer: Local small farmers

Flavor: White grape juice, citrus, Earl Grey tea notes

Sidamo

Sidamo coffee flavors are very diverse because different soil compositions, regional microclimates, and countless indigenous coffee varieties have created obvious differences and characteristics in the coffee produced by each town area. The Sidamo region is located in southern Ethiopia. The industry here is primarily agricultural, with coffee growing areas located around the Great Rift Valley.

Estate Introduction

Shakisso is located in the Guji region of Sidamo, in the southern part of the Oromia region, adjacent to Sidama and Gedeo. This area has many mine pits that were originally used for gold mining, so this coffee growing area has many pits. This makes walking between coffee growing areas dangerous. Shakisso is a unique region within Guji/Sidamo, even within Sidamo it is a remote area far from most coffee origins, and another famous local product is gold mines. Factors such as miners, land, and ethnicity also made this region turbulent in 2006. Therefore, the biggest problem this region faces now is the need for people to maintain the growing areas and harvest coffee.

Local small farmers here began growing organic coffee in 2001 and worked closely with medium-sized coffee producers because they are familiar with how to grow forest coffee in highlands. It is one of the micro-regions with very regional characteristics in the Sidamo area. Coffee from this region has considerable uniqueness, and the coffee produced has repeatedly received market attention. The original meaning of Ninety Plus' legendary bean (nekisse) is nectar from Shakisso, and its origin region and name both come from Shakisso.

Flavor description: Lemon and citrus, bright crisp acidity, lemon, citrus, white grape juice, blackcurrant, Earl Grey tea notes in the finish

Indonesian and African coffee beans use this defect bean ratio grading method. Indonesian beans are mainly divided into 6 grades, namely G1-G6. The highest grades for washed beans are G1 and G2; the highest grades for natural beans are G1 and G3.

What does that mean? As follows:

Washed: Grade-1; Grade-2 (G1>G2)

Natural: Grade-1 and Grade-3-Grade-5 (G1>G3>G4>G5)

Several points to note:

a) Regardless of whether washed or natural, both have Gr-1, with the condition being "zero" defects and Premium Cup. Whether washed or natural, Gr-1 is a rating for the best of the best specialty coffees or Cup of Excellence coffees.

b) The lowest grade for natural Yirgacheffe and Sidamo is Gr-4.

c) Beans of the same grade, such as Limu Gr-2, can be good or bad, depending on the exporter's sorting level and investment.

d) According to the current "zero" defect requirement, Gr-1 beans (including both washed and natural) are extremely rare because the processing cost is very high, and very few suppliers will do this.

Factory Name: Dazhen Coffee FrontStreet Coffee Factory Address: No. 10 Baoan Frontsteet, Guangzhou City Factory Contact: 020-38364473 Ingredients: Self-roasted Shelf Life: 90 days Net Content: 227g Packaging: Bulk coffee beans Degree: Roasted coffee beans Contains Sugar: Sugar-free Origin: Ethiopia Coffee Type: Other Roast Level: Light roast

Ethiopian Sidamo Shakisso Washed

Country: Ethiopia

Grade: G1

Region: Shakisso region, Guji zone

Roast Level: Light roast

Processing Method: Washed

Washed processed coffee flavors are less likely to have wild characteristics, featuring pure, refreshing qualities, suitable for City to Full City roast levels. Some excellent Ethiopian washed coffee beans sometimes show obvious rising lemon, citrus essential oils, jasmine floral aromas, honey flavors, etc., with more prominent acidity and thinner body.

Pour-over Sidamo. 15g of grounds, medium-fine grind (small Fuji ghost tooth blade 3.5 grind), V60 dripper, 91-93°C water temperature, first pour 30g of water, 27-second bloom, pour to 105g then stop pouring, wait for the water level in the coffee bed to drop to half before pouring again, slowly pour until 225g, discard the tail end, water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, extraction time 2:00

Important Notice :

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