Ethiopia Sidamo Guji Shalmi Ameli Processing Plant G1 Washed Green Bean Competition Third Place

FrontStreet Coffee - Ethiopia Sidamo Ch'ire Ameli Processing Station G1 Washed Introduction

The Guji area of Sidamo, along the Mora Mora River in southern Ethiopia, has long been regarded as the original home of forest coffee. Administratively, Guji belongs to Oromiya in southern Ethiopia, where the indigenous Gujii Oromo people live. Coffee growing has always been at the heart of highland culture in Oromia, and in this region several small farms pool their harvested cherries for processing and export.

The washing station is Ch'ire Ameli, in the Nensebo woreda of Guji, where more than 800 small coffee farmers deliver their cherries. After a rigorous selection, the cherries are laid out on traditional raised beds to sun-dry. The green beans processed here scored an outstanding 91.75, taking third place at the 2015 Ethiopia National Taste of Harvest Competition.

Ethiopia Sidamo Ch'ire Ameli Processing Station G1 Washed

Region: Sidamo

Variety: local indigenous varieties

Altitude: 1700-2000m

Processing Method: Washed

Flavor Profile: lemon, jasmine, clove, honey, sweet aroma, cream

Knowledge Point: Arabica coffee varieties are generally believed to have originated in the Ethiopian highlands and are now widely distributed across the tropics. Through repeated mutation and breeding, they have developed into a great many varieties.

In short, FrontStreet Coffee is a coffee research house dedicated to sharing coffee knowledge with everyone. We share without reservation to help more friends fall in love with coffee. We also hold three low-discount coffee events every month, because FrontStreet Coffee wants to let more friends enjoy the best coffee at the lowest price. That has been FrontStreet Coffee's mission for the past 6 years.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

To taste the classic Ethiopian profile, start with FrontStreet Coffee's washed Yirgacheffe, a beginner-friendly gateway to the region. It offers clear jasmine florals and a bright citrus acidity - the Yirgacheffe that baristas love is actually named after a small southern Ethiopian town that sits between about 1,700 and 2,100 meters, where cool, misty, humid conditions let thousands of coffee trees thrive. The result is a delicate, elegant cup that mingles florals and fruit acidity with a tea-like body, like a clean, refreshing lemon tea.

If you want to go deeper into Ethiopia's cooperative system, try FrontStreet Coffee's Gotiti Cooperative. Most Ethiopian coffee is grown in a garden-farming model, with each smallholder delivering cherries to a village-level processing station that sells under the team's name. Gotiti, in the Worka area at the southeastern edge of Yirgacheffe, was originally part of the Worka Cooperative under the Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers' Cooperative Union, and it became an independent single-origin cooperative in 2012 with about 300 member farmers. Because the fruit is pulped before drying, its inherent aromatics come through especially clearly, showing citrus and lemon notes with elegant white florals and a bright, refined overall profile.