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Yirgacheff: A Premium Ethiopian Coffee Region

Yirgacheff is a highly renowned small coffee-producing region located in the Gedeo area of southern Ethiopia. The harvested coffee beans come from local small-scale coffee farmers, forming a collective of numerous individual small coffee growers. These small farmers typically cultivate coffee on plots averaging about 1 hectare, at altitudes ranging from approximately 1,800 to 2,000 meters. The main coffee varieties consist of a mix of Typica and Heirloom (local indigenous varieties).

Due to this region's possession of numerous relatively advanced green bean processing facilities, it has consistently demonstrated high-level performance in both natural and washed processing methods. The clean, sweet flavor profile with complex berry and citrus notes is widely praised. The local primary production model involves small-scale coffee farmers directly delivering their harvested red cherries to nearby cooperative processing facilities for unified processing. Since the introduction of washed processing technology to Ethiopia in the 1970s, the Yirgacheff region now produces both natural and washed processed coffee beans, with natural processing exhibiting high-quality standards.

The processing plant first sorts and grades the red cherry-colored coffee fruits, then uses water to remove any that are not solid and float to the surface. After removing the solid red cherry-colored coffee fruits that sink to the bottom, the parchment coffee beans are placed on racks for natural sun-drying. When the moisture content reaches 12% or below, the beans are directly transported to the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) warehouse in Awassa. Cupping grading and quantity assessment are typically conducted on beans in parchment form for both washed and natural processing methods, and the hulling work is only performed just before export.

FrontStreet Coffee's Recommended Brewing Parameters:

Pour-over: V60 dripper, Fuji R440 grind setting 3.5, water temperature around 90°C

French Press: Recommended grind setting 4, water temperature 90°C

Siphon: Recommended grind setting 4, water temperature between 90°C-91°C

AeroPress: Recommended grind setting 3.5, water temperature 90°C

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