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Ethiopia Geji, also known as Flower Champion, is located in Hambella. Hambella is situated in Ethiopia's largest coffee producing region, GUJI, and is administratively under the Oromia Regional State. The western part of Hambella faces the Yirgacheffe Kochore region across mountains, while its southeast and north borders connect with Guji's Shakiso, Uraga, and Kercha sub-regions. It is Ethiopia's highest altitude coffee sub-producing region (Harrar is Ethiopia's highest altitude main producing region).

In the West Arsi sun-drying fields, coffee is placed in hemp net wooden racks. Workers take turns manually stirring the coffee under sunlight exposure. Sun-dried West Arsi is typically exported with G4 grade, while washed West Arsi, due to more refined processing than sun-drying, is mostly exported in G2 grade.

West Arsi coffee flavors are extremely diverse. Different soil types, microclimates, and countless native coffee varieties create a varied topography within the producing region, including towering mountains, highlands, plateaus, valleys, and plains. The local geology consists of nutrient-rich, well-drained volcanic soil with depths reaching nearly two meters, and the topsoil appears dark brown or brown.

The region's greatest advantage lies in maintaining soil fertility through organic matter recycling, using withered leaves from surrounding trees or plant root residues as fertilizer. This has created distinct differences and characteristics in the coffee produced by each town. From 2010 to 2012, it consistently achieved high scores of 92-94 from the authoritative American coffee evaluation website CR, demonstrating the extraordinary quality of green beans from this producing region.

West Arsi coffee green beans are slightly grayish, with some parts coarse and others fine. They possess both gentle and bright acidity, appropriate body thickness, sweet and spicy flavors, making them one of the garden coffees from Ethiopia's southern highlands. Unlike typical African coffees, West Arsi has clear fruit acidity, smooth mouthfeel, and refined floral and grassy aromas. Sun-dried West Arsi tastes close to floral notes but with slight earthy undertones. The washed version carries nutty fruit aromas with mild cocoa fragrance. However, both share smooth mouthfeel and viscosity, comfortable and pleasant acidity and aroma.

Brewing Parameters Sharing

Sun-dried West Arsi

For single serving, use 15g coffee grounds with water temperature of 89-90°C, BG grind size 6S, V60 dripper, water-to-coffee ratio of 1:15. First pour 30g water and let bloom for 25s. Second pour to 120g water and pause. Continue pouring to 225g total water, avoiding the final tail water. Total extraction time: 2:00.

Flavor Notes

Strawberry, jackfruit, passion fruit, berries

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