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Kochere Coffee Beans: High Altitude Excellence from Yirgacheffe

The coffee beans from Kochere are grown in locations very close to the mountain peaks, at altitudes around 2,500 meters. Even when looking at the entire Yirgacheffe region, it would be difficult to find many places that can match this elevation. Coffee enthusiasts familiar with specialty coffee should already be well acquainted with the coffee from this area.

More specifically, the location of Kochere should belong to the Gedeo region. As the classification of specialty coffee becomes more refined, coffee produced in this region seems to be gradually gaining attention. Many outstanding coffee beans have been discovered from here (though personally, I feel using the word "fable" might be somewhat exaggerated XD).

Tasting Notes and Processing

Let's first discuss the Kochere I obtained. According to the description on Sweet Maria's official website, this batch of Kochere is a relatively clean-tasting batch. The drying process is natural sun-drying, which inevitably results in some external defects, but in terms of overall flavor, distinct fruit characteristics can still be found.

The source of Kochere coffee cherries comes from nearby residents who harvest mature fruits from the native coffee forest, then concentrate them at the processing plant for refinement procedures. After being sun-dried on raised beds, they are transported to Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, for sale.

Appearance and Aroma

In terms of appearance, I don't find this Kochere particularly appealing. While I don't consider myself someone who places great importance on bean appearance, I can still easily pick out quite a few broken beans, which seem to have been broken during the hulling process. The appearance of the green beans is similar to the color of typical natural process beans, and the aroma carries a hint of spice, with what seems to be a subtle tea-like quality and sweet fruitiness.

Roasting and Brewing

Because I shamelessly asked for a trial roast, I successfully managed to use a Fuji Royal R-103 for roasting. People who received shared beans online also got them from the same roast batch, with the roast level only reaching the first crack.

After three days of resting, I brewed using the pour-over method with KONO flannel filter, a small Fuji R-220 ghost tooth version at setting 5, extracting 320ml from 20g of coffee grounds at 93°C water temperature.

The dry aroma after grinding carries some berry-like notes, with the fermented aroma typical of natural process, though not particularly pronounced.

Flavor Profile

I feel the main flavor characteristic is still in the sweetness expression, but coffee beans roasted to this level seem not to showcase the aromatic aspects well when brewed using pour-over methods. The official website describes the sweetness of this Kochere as having peach, cantaloupe, coffee fruit, and toffee peanuts, but I only tasted a juicy sweetness similar to cantaloupe. Perhaps a darker roast would bring out other more mature sweet flavors, or I need to make some adjustments to my brewing method.

After roasting, the original tea-like quality of the Kochere green beans seems to inevitably transform into a tobacco-like note. This aspect isn't particularly appealing to me, but it's not to the point of being unpleasant either.

In terms of characteristics, although this Kochere comes from Yirgacheffe, its overall flavor doesn't quite match the traditional impression of Yirgacheffe. It feels more like it's showcasing the sweetness of coffee, taking a clean and refreshing approach. If traditional Yirgacheffe is like an oil painting, then this Kochere would be more like a watercolor painting.

Brand Recommendations for Yirgacheffe Kochere Coffee Beans

The washed Yirgacheffe Kochere coffee beans roasted by FrontStreet Coffee offer excellent guarantees in both brand and quality. More importantly, they provide exceptional value-for-money - a half-pound (227g) bag costs only around 75 yuan. Calculating based on 15g per cup of single-origin coffee, one bag can make 15 cups, with each cup costing only about 5 yuan. Compared to café prices that often run into dozens of yuan per cup, this represents extremely high value.

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