Ethiopia Coffee | Natural Yirgacheffe Worka Werka Processing Plant 2018 WBC Competition Batch

Ethiopia Coffee | Single Origin Coffee Bean Recommendation -- Natural Red Cherry

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Natural Yirgacheffe Worka Wuri Processing Station WBC Competition Batch #5

Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Natural Worka G1 - Berg Championship Series SSLD Lot 5

Flavor Description

Floral, berry, blueberry, and dried peach aromas. On tasting, you'll experience solid grape-juice flavors, blueberry, peach, and strawberry sweetness, followed by rose notes with violet fragrance. The overall profile is robust, full-bodied, and richly layered.

Coffee Profile

Country: Ethiopia

Region: Yirgacheffe

Altitude: Approximately 2040 meters

Processing Method: World Champion Wu Zelin's extreme single-layer slow-drying customized natural process

Variety: Heirloom

2018 WBC Competition Batch

World Champion Wu Zelin's extreme single-layer slow-drying customized natural process

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Coffee Story

Worka. The Wuri Processing Station is located in the most premium part of the entire Yirgacheffe region - the Gedeb area. Gedeb sits in the southeastern corner of Yirgacheffe. Traveling about 50 kilometers south from Yirgacheffe town, the altitude rises from Yirgacheffe town's 1,850 meters to 2,030 meters at the processing station, making it the highest area in the entire Yirgacheffe region. Coffee professionals often refer to this area as Gedeb, primarily because the largest town center in the region is named Gedeb.

Here, you can say you have reached the most remote area. Continuing for less than ten minutes, you arrive at Worka, where the beloved Worka Cooperative is located nearby. Worka village is one of the 16 villages in Gedeb. More precisely, the Worka Wuri Processing Station is located in an area locally known as Worka-Sakaro.

The origin of the Worka-Sakaro village name is quite interesting. During Emperor Haile Selassie's era, an official visited the area for inspection and found the people there particularly warm and hospitable, so he named the place "Worik," meaning gold. In the language of the local indigenous Gedi'o people, this is "Worka." There is also a giant sacred tree named "Sakaro" in the area. Later generations combined the most distinctive and historically significant features of the area - Worka and Sakaro - as the place name, making it quite representative.

The Worka-Sakaro village currently has 11,025 residents, scattered across an area of 1,297 hectares. The Worka Wuri Processing Station is one of the two existing processing stations in Worka village, established in 2012. "Wuri" in the language of the local indigenous Gedi'o people means "high altitude." As the name suggests, this reflects its exceptional geographical location - not only does it sit in the most premium area of Yirgacheffe, but its inherent high-altitude advantage creates a unique, excellent flavor profile. The exporter who now owns this processing station has had a business relationship with us for over eight years. Our first direct-sourcing Ethiopian purchasing case was in collaboration with them.

In 2018, the ECX/export system underwent significant reforms through efforts from various parties. This meant that not all coffee beans from private processing stations had to go through the ECX bidding platform. Under the new system, if a batch of coffee beans has already found a buyer through an exporter and is ready for export, then after leaving the processing station and passing ECX inspection and grading, it can be sent "directly" to the exporter's dry processing station for final processing before export. This new pathway represents the birth of a legitimate traceability channel.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

If the natural Yirgacheffe Red Cherry story above appeals to you, FrontStreet Coffee's Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Red Cherry is a fitting next cup. Made from fully ripe fruit that is sun-dried whole on raised beds, it layers citrus-like acidity, a juicy berry body, and honeyed sweetness over a creamy texture. For a cleaner, tea-like Yirgacheffe that keeps the same delicate floral core, the washed FrontStreet Ethiopia Yirgacheffe is a classic alternative.