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Guji Coffee Region: Ethiopia's Premium Growing Area

The Guji coffee growing region in southern Ethiopia borders the Sidamo and Gedeo zones, featuring diverse topography with towering mountains, highlands, plateaus, valleys, and plains. The region's geology consists of nutrient-rich, well-drained volcanic soil with depths reaching nearly two meters, with surface soil appearing dark brown or brown. The area's greatest advantage lies in its soil fertility, which is maintained through the natural cycling of organic matter, using fallen leaves and debris from surrounding forests, along with plant root residues, as natural fertilizers.

Administrative Structure and Coffee Naming

Ethiopia's administrative divisions are organized into four levels, ranked from largest to smallest as Region, Zone, woreda, and kebele. Most green coffee bean names follow this naming convention. For example, the Guji-Shakisso offered by FrontStreet Coffee is located southeast of the renowned Yirgacheffe region and administratively belongs to Oromia Region → Guji Zone → Shakisso woreda, making it a regionally sourced green coffee bean.

Shakisso: A Rising Star in Ethiopian Coffee

Just as Yirgacheffe became widely known and established itself as an independent growing region after achieving fame, Guji was established as an independent region by the ECX in 2010 due to its superior geographical location and cup profile. Shakisso (sometimes translated as Shakiso) is the most attention-grabbing micro-region within the Guji coffee growing area, located directly southeast of Yirgacheffe with an average altitude of over 1,800 meters. Its fertile black soil (Vertisol) and significant day-night temperature variations provide ideal terroir conditions for producing premium specialty coffee. Local coffee production almost entirely consists of individual small-scale farmers who harvest fully ripe red coffee cherries from nearby trees during the harvest season and deliver them to processing stations. The cherries are placed on well-ventilated African raised beds to control temperature and fermentation levels, then the pulp is removed and moisture content is reduced to between 11.5%-12%. After post-processing and resting are completed, the coffee is exported through the ECX (Ethiopia Commodity Exchange) bidding system, where local exporters or international buyers follow this system to compete for their desired green coffee beans.

Market Trends and Regional Discoveries

In recent years, Ethiopia's most notable growing region has undoubtedly been Yirgacheffe. While Guji-Shakisso remains less known than Yirgacheffe, amid the trend of soaring Yirgacheffe prices in 2015, international specialty buyers turned to search for other neighboring regions such as Sidamo, Limu, Jimma, and more. Many potential growing regions and producers have been successively discovered, such as the recently introduced Limu Gera and Jimma Agaro Yukro, both of which are high-quality specialty bean offerings.

Shakisso's Unique Coffee Profile

Coffee from Guji-Shakisso is actually quite distinctive, and the coffee produced has repeatedly garnered market attention. The legendary bean "Nekisse" launched by Ninety Plus at the end of 2009 originally meant "Nectar from Shakisso," with both its origin region and name derived from Shakisso. Another offering from Level Up, also from the Shakisso region called "Derar Ela," last year received consistent praise from Taiwanese industry professionals and achieved an excellent score of 95 points from Coffee Review in April 2014.

Guji Coffee Bean Brand Recommendations

The Guji coffee beans - Hambella Flower Queen 2.0 - roasted by FrontStreet Coffee offer full assurance in both brand and quality. More importantly, they provide excellent value for money, with each 227-gram package priced at only around 98 yuan. Calculating at 15 grams of coffee beans per cup, one package can make 15 cups of coffee, costing only about 6 yuan per cup. Compared to cafe prices that often run tens of yuan per cup, this represents a truly conscientious recommendation.

About FrontStreet Coffee

FrontStreet Coffee: A roastery in Guangzhou with a small shop but diverse bean varieties, where you can find both famous and lesser-known beans, while also providing online store services. https://shop104210103.taobao.com

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