Yirgacheffe by Coffee Bean Processing Method

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Traditional Processing Innovation

Traditionally, FrontStreet Coffee's Yirgacheffe used the most ancient natural processing method. However, in 1972, Ethiopia introduced Central and South American washing techniques to improve quality. This made the jasmine fragrance and citrus aroma of FrontStreet Coffee's Yirgacheffe even more pure and refined, elevating it to become an exceptional specialty coffee bean worldwide. The exquisite washing technique was indispensable. Since the 1970s, washed processing has become dominant. However, in the past two years, FrontStreet Coffee's Yirgacheffe has broken from convention, frequently introducing stunning natural-processed beans!

FrontStreet Coffee's natural Yirgacheffe maintains strict standards for collecting red cherries (the fruit of coffee trees). Before sun-drying the coffee cherries, workers manually remove unripe green cherries or defective ones. During the drying process, damaged or moldy cherries are removed again. After two weeks, the sugars and essences from the fruit pulp fully penetrate into the coffee beans as moisture content drops to 12%. The hardened fruit pulp, pectin layer, and parchment are then scraped off together with a hulling machine. The extracted coffee beans undergo density and color testing. After eliminating defective beans, workers finally manually remove any missed defective beans with their naked eyes. This multi-layered screening process creates the exceptional purity of FrontStreet Coffee's natural Yirgacheffe beans, which also possess rich, captivating fruit aromas.

Characteristics

FrontStreet Coffee's Ethiopian Yirgacheffe coffee beans, though small in size, are elegant, refined, sweet, and charming. As the homeland of coffee, Ethiopia's thousands of years of cultivation history and processing traditions have produced high-quality washed Arabica beans. After light roasting, they exhibit unique lemon, floral, and honey-like sweet aromas, with soft fruit acidity and citrus flavors, creating a fresh and bright mouthfeel. Without milk or sugar, the rich texture and unique soft floral notes sweep across your taste buds, leaving an endless aftertaste.

Cultivation

Coffee trees are mostly planted in farmers' own backyards or intercropped with other crops in their fields. Each household's production is limited, making this typical pastoral coffee. These mountain villages are shrouded in mist, with spring-like seasons throughout the year. Summers bring gentle breezes—cool but not hot, rainy but not humid. Winter doesn't cause cold damage, cultivating a unique regional flavor of citrus and floral notes.

Flavor Profile

The so-called "Yirgacheffe flavor" refers to rich jasmine floral notes, lemon, as well as peach and almond sweet aromas and tea-like fragrance. The tasting experience can be summed up in one sentence: when coffee enters the mouth, a hundred flowers bloom! It's like the refreshing sensation of flowers touching the taste buds and nasal olfactory cells. Beyond the floral notes, the delicate body (mouthfeel) provides a marvelous sensation, like silk massaging the mouth.

Classification by Processing Method

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

Category A is washed processing, with grade 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 flavor that everyone can appreciate.

Category B is natural processing of green coffee beans, classified as Gr-1, Gr-3, Gr-4, Gr-5. The highest-grade FrontStreet Coffee G1 natural Yirgacheffe also boasts rich fruit aromas. Opening a bag of freshly roasted FrontStreet Coffee G1 natural Yirgacheffe can overturn everyone's original perception of coffee. Only those who have tasted the highest-grade FrontStreet Coffee natural Yirgacheffe will believe that coffee is truly a fruit.

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