Green Ethiopian Yirgacheffee Kochere coffee beans

A Yirgcheffee / Yirga Cheffee that does the legend justice! This coffee is a Grade 1 from Kochere micro region and grows above 2000m.

There is white grape and florals with each sip. This coffee is a good example of mild coffee with 4 stars in complexity. Crop 2020.

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Green Yirgacheffee Kochere, Ethiopia sourced from Sevenoaks who source from Haile Selassie Ambaye.

Ethiopia and its famous region

Ethiopia is widely believed to be where the coffee species arabica was originally found. Genetically, it has been traced to Western Ethiopia and Southern Sudan.

From trade with the Arab nations, pure Arabica-based coffees became a valuable crop. As a result, the rest of Ethiopia started growing coffee and has been doing so since the mid-1500’s.

One of the great things about Ethiopian coffees is the complete mix of varieties. An estimate of between six thousand and ten thousand varieties exist naturally in these highlands. Cross-pollination of genetics is totally amazing. So much so that there are more varieties of arabica in heirloom coffee in Ethiopia than there are in the rest of the world.

Of all the famous coffee growing regions in Ethiopia; Yirga Cheffe (or Yirgacheffe or Yirga Ch’ef?) has become well known for its quality and bright citric aromatics with distinctive lemon. Consequently, the Yirga Cheffe growing region is to the east of Lake Abaya in the south of Ethiopia.

On the way to Kochere washing station

About Yirgacheffee Kochere, Ethiopia

Quaffee has always been eager to source better and better coffee from Yirgacheffee, Ethiopia. In so much as it was one of the first coffees we came across that was quite special. Hence we are keen to always offer a good representative from the region. Most noteworthy is in this case we have a traceable coffee. Haile Selassie Ambaye run their own washing stations. So they handle the coffee from buying from the farmer through to processing and final milling. An arrangement with ECX allows transparency in the process. So each Q1 coffee form a washing station can be sold under that micro-region’s name. Rather a-typical for Ethiopia, where normally all coffee from the thousands of washing stations are normally bulk lotted and then just sold as Yirgacheffee.

Notably, the Kochere micro-region has long been known as one of the best origins for fully washed southern Ethiopian coffee. A combination of very high altitude and iron-rich, acidic soil creates the ideal growing situation to produce the bright, floral Yirgacheffe profile.

We visited the Haile Selassie Ambaye mill (you can see a video of it below:).

Details of Kochere

Region:
Kochere washing station, just south of Yirgacheffe, Gedeo Zone, Ethiopia.
Farmers:
500 smallholding farmers.
Cultivar:
Arabica: various heirloom.
Altitude:
1800-2000 masl.
Processing:
Fully washed and sun-dried on raised beds, milled in Addis with optical sorter. Grade 1.
Packaging:
Hessian with GrainPro inside
Primary tastes:
Crisp and light mouth feel with citrus aromatics and floral and white grape flavours.
Score:
Grade 1 Ethiopian scoring 83-85 SCA.

 

Coffee category

1. Easy drinking

Complexity

4 ★ African

Location

Buitenverwachting

Characteristics

floral, fruit

Manufacturer

Ethiopia

Model

Yirgacheffee Kochere

Coffee region

Africa

Packaging

1kg Packet, 2kg Packet, 500g Packet

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