About the coffee
- Cupping notes: Delicate body, lively acidity, with notes of lemon, chamomile, jasmine, and bergamot
- Cultivation: Mountain grown in the Yirgacheffe region of Ethiopia, at extremely high elevations
- Altitude: 5,900-7,000 feet
- Varietals: Local, indigenous Ethiopian heirloom varietals
- Preparation: Washed and sun-dried on raised beds
About the people who grow it
Top: Royal Coffee NYBottom: Keffa Coffee (used by permission)
From ancient times, Ethiopia has produced some of the world’s best single origin coffees, renowned for their complexity with a pungent, winey quality, and a wildness in their acidity. Southern Ethiopia is home to the Yirgacheffe coffees, one of the most distinguished among Ethiopian varieties
When coffee cuppers first encountered properly processed Yirgacheffe in the 1970s, it reset expectations for what coffee could be. The combination of heirloom varieties with precise washed processing creates cups with unmatched floral complexity and clarity.
The importer of this lot of coffee—Keffa Coffee—specializes in Ethiopian coffee, and this lot is from their signature (and trademarked) collection of “YirgZ” coffees. This is Yirgacheffe that goes through the highest level of sorting to remove all potential defects to produce one of the cleanest Yirgacheffe profiles you could ask for!
Their high-level processing preserves and highlights the complex acids that Ethiopian coffees are famous for. The delicate jasmine and bergamot notes in Ethiopian heirlooms come through clearly in these lots.
This comes from the Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union representing more than 300,000 families. YCFCU indirectly supports the livelihoods and daily survival of more than 15 million people in Ethiopia, through high-quality coffee production. Located in Gedeo, Southern Ethiopia, it was founded in 2002 and represents 23 member cooperatives. It contributes to countless community development project to benefit their farm families, such as installing electricity throughout Yirgacheffe, buying 500 school desks for children in the community, transportation infrastructure, and much more.
When coffee cuppers first encountered properly processed Yirgacheffe in the 1970s, it reset expectations for what coffee could be. The combination of heirloom varieties with precise washed processing creates cups with unmatched floral complexity and clarity.
The importer of this lot of coffee—Keffa Coffee—specializes in Ethiopian coffee, and this lot is from their signature (and trademarked) collection of “YirgZ” coffees. This is Yirgacheffe that goes through the highest level of sorting to remove all potential defects to produce one of the cleanest Yirgacheffe profiles you could ask for!
Their high-level processing preserves and highlights the complex acids that Ethiopian coffees are famous for. The delicate jasmine and bergamot notes in Ethiopian heirlooms come through clearly in these lots.
This comes from the Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union representing more than 300,000 families. YCFCU indirectly supports the livelihoods and daily survival of more than 15 million people in Ethiopia, through high-quality coffee production. Located in Gedeo, Southern Ethiopia, it was founded in 2002 and represents 23 member cooperatives. It contributes to countless community development project to benefit their farm families, such as installing electricity throughout Yirgacheffe, buying 500 school desks for children in the community, transportation infrastructure, and much more.