Introduction to Yirgacheffe Champion Coffee Bean Aricha: Flavor Profile and Characteristics of Sun-Dried Aricha Coffee Beans

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FrontStreet Coffee - T·O·H Champion Bean Airuicha Introduction

Yirgacheffe is a small town in Ethiopia with an altitude of 1700-2100 meters, making it one of the highest altitude coffee growing regions in the world and synonymous with Ethiopian specialty coffee. Lake Turkana, Lake Abaya, and Lake Chamo bring abundant water vapor to this area. The rift valley, represented by Misty Valley, is shrouded in fog year-round, with spring-like seasons, gentle breezes, cool and humid conditions, where thousands of coffee tree varieties thrive and multiply, nurturing Yirgacheffe's unique terroir character where floral and fruity aromas intertwine ambiguously and change unpredictably.

Adorsi Processing Station

This year's Ethiopian harvest season cupping competition's natural process category was won by Adorsi Processing Station.

Adorsi Processing Station is owned by Testi Coffee, which is a coffee export company operated by the Yonis family, established in 2009 by Faysel A. Yonis.

In terms of competition results, this champion batch scored 91 points, while last year's Mudan (Peony) scored 88 points in the same competition. This year's Adorsi scored 3 points higher than that.

T.O.H

Taste of Harvest (TOH) "Harvest Season Flavor Cupping Competition" is a green bean competition held among African producing countries by the African Fine Coffees Association (AFCA), similar to the Cup of Excellence in Central and South America.

Currently, there are seven member countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, and the Republic of Congo. It's divided into regional competitions and the entire Africa competition, where batches with cupping scores below 80 points are eliminated in the preliminary round. TOH selects the highest quality green beans from each producing region, which are cupped and scored by domestic and international judges based on Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) standards. This batch scored 88.58 points, the highest score this year, winning the championship!

This bean's variety is local indigenous heirloom. Those who frequently drink Ethiopian coffee should have heard of the [Heirloom indigenous] variety. Most Ethiopian varieties are named this way, mainly because Ethiopia has too many varieties - it's like a natural gene bank for Arabica. On one hand, there are numerous varieties making identification and classification difficult, and on the other hand, the Ethiopian government, out of conservation concerns, is unwilling to disclose information about these varieties, so they are collectively called [Heirloom indigenous].

Cupping Notes:

Grape juice, jackfruit, fermented wine aroma, citrus, lemon

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