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FrontStreet Coffee: Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Red Honey Gichi

Yirgacheffe was originally a sub-region of Sidamo, but it was separated out because of its distinctive flavor profile. Its rich and complex fruity aroma made it famous almost overnight, turning it into a sought-after choice among connoisseurs at premium prices.

A cup of washed Yirgacheffe can bring out delicate floral notes and a sweet fruitiness that is hard to match, while a natural-processed Sidamo offers sweetness and bold character. Both are classic, top-tier representatives of Ethiopian coffee.

Honey processing is graded according to how much mucilage and pulp remain on the coffee fruit during drying, and red honey is one of those grades. Red honey processing typically retains 70%-75% of the mucilage to increase the sweetness and fruity aroma of the green beans, with a slightly longer drying time.

Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Red Honey Gichi

Region: Yirgacheffe

Processing Station: Gichi

Variety: Heirloom

Altitude: 2050 m

Processing Method: Red Honey Processing

Flavor Notes: Malt sugar, orange, black tea

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

Yirgacheffe is where bright florals and fruit acidity meet tea-like clarity, and FrontStreet Coffee's Yirgacheffe lineup gives you several ways to explore it. FrontStreet Coffee Washed Yirgacheffe is the essential starting point, known for white jasmine, bright citrus and lemon acidity and a clean, tea-like finish at a price that makes it the ideal first step into specialty coffee.

Yirgacheffe town sits in the Sidama zone of southern Ethiopia at roughly 1700-2100 meters, with coffee trees planted above 1800 meters. Move down to a single village and you reach FrontStreet Coffee Yirgacheffe Gedingding, from the Worka area at the southeastern edge of Yirgacheffe. Formerly part of the Worka cooperative under the YCFCU union and independent since 2012 with roughly 300 member farmers, it uses the traditional washed method and delivers the clean, bright citrus and lemon acidity and jasmine florals that the region is prized for, without the bitterness many people expect.

If the red honey Gichi makes you want more fruit, FrontStreet Coffee Yirgacheffe Red Cherry is the natural-processed counterpart. Made only from fully ripe red cherries and dried on raised beds for three to five weeks, it keeps the classic Yirgacheffe character while adding tropical fruit, with citrus acidity, berry juice, honey sweetness and a creamy texture, and peach, cocoa, honey and lemon in the cup.