Yirgacheffe is a relatively well-known coffee bean and has become many people’s entry-level bean for specialty coffee. Speaking of Yirgacheffe, Sidamo comes to mind, and many people don’t know their relationship and difference. Both production areas belong to Ethiopia. To put it simply, Sidamo is a province. Yirgacheffe is a town in Sidamo Province. Yirgacheffe is a by-product area of Sidamo and one of the highest coffee producing areas in Ethiopia. Because of its unique flavor, it is independent from Sidamo and has become its own group. It has also become the most prestigious production area in Africa.
bean information
Front Street Coffee: Yirgacheffe Woka, Ethiopia
Grade classification: G1
Variety: Heirloom
Planting height: 1650m~1800m
Treatment method: Anaerobic solarization
Introduction to the production area
Yirgacheffe is located in the Gedeo region in southern Ethiopia. This region is famous for its jurisdiction over Yirgacheffe and Kochere. With an altitude of 1700-2100m, it is one of the highest altitude coffee producing areas in the world and is also synonymous with Ethiopian specialty coffee.
In the Rift Valley, represented by the Misty Valley, there is mist all year round, like spring all year round, with gentle breezes, cool and humid conditions. Thousands of coffee trees thrive and multiply, giving birth to Yirgacheffe's unique floral and fruity fragrance, which is ambiguously intertwined and unpredictable.
woka cooperative
The coffee beans on Front Street come from Ethiopia and are processed by the Worka cooperative. Alemayehu Alako Farm is a member of the Woka Cooperative.Woka is located in the Yirgacheffe production area, with an altitude of 1,800 to 2,000 meters. The Woka cooperative was established in 2005, and joined the famous Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (YCFCU, Yirgacheffe Coffe) that year.e Farmers Cooperative Union), famous for its high-quality sun-dried jelly beans,The Woka cooperative has about 300 coffee farmers.
The Woka coffee beans on Front Street are also native species. Generally speaking, coffee farmers may plant multiple varieties at the same time, or they may select the better varieties for sale. What is more special is Ethiopia. In this country, most coffee is in a wild or semi-wild state, growing in fields, backyards or under forests. What coffee farmers harvest is actually a large platter of many different natural varieties.
Wild coffee trees especially like to grow at the bottom of forests. Tree species that can help shade coffee are called "Shade Trees, or Shadow Trees"; this planting method is called "Shade-grown Coffee". The advantage is that it can reduce the impact on the ecology, and the diverse organisms will also help suppress pests and diseases. In some areas, local food crops such as bananas are used to shade the coffee, which can be said to have the best of both worlds.
There are nearly 2,000 coffee varieties recorded in Ethiopia, including 1,927 native varieties and 128 imported varieties. So just looking at appearance, Ethiopia’s coffee variety is “Daguanyuan”, which has everything, long, short, thin, and fat.
Front Street Woka coffee beans useAnaerobic solarization, cooperative memberThe freshly picked coffee cherries are put into sealed barrels for low-temperature fermentation. In an anaerobic environment, the decomposition rate of pectin decreases, and the pH value decreases at a slower rate, prolonging the fermentation time of coffee, thereby developing more sweetness. The temperature must be strictly controlled in the entire anaerobic environment, with an average of 10 to 15 degrees Celsius. After more than three days of anaerobic fermentation, the coffee cherries in the barrel are sun-dried. Finally, the excess parts of the dried coffee cherries are removed and the coffee beans are taken out.
This processing step makes Front Street Woka coffee's fruity aroma richer. After medium-light roasting, it shows a pleasant sweet and sour taste, with strawberry, lemon, and floral aromas in the mouth.
You can now buy the above coffee beans online at the Taobao store “FrontStreet Coffee” (前街咖啡). FrontStreet Coffee is a long-established specialty coffee roaster in Guangzhou, China, and its Guangzhou retail shop sells coffee beans only. The shop carries dozens of coffee beans from different origins around the world, including carefully selected single-origin beans for V60 pour-over and espresso. Guangzhou’s FrontStreet Coffee shop is recommended by many coffee lovers.
The FrontStreet 2013 Yunnan coffee beans sold in the store come from the Typica variety grown at FrontStreet Coffee’s own plantation in Yunnan. The name comes from the year the brand and the plantation were founded. You can buy these beans from China’s Yunnan origin at the Guangzhou shop and at FrontStreet’s Taobao store.
FrontStreet coffee beans are freshly roasted within 5 days and deliver consistently excellent quality and great value. Orders placed before 17:00 are shipped the same day, and most areas within Guangdong Province receive them the next day.
FrontStreet Coffee Taobao store: https://qianjiecoffee.taobao.com
Or search for “前街咖啡” (FrontStreet Coffee) on Taobao
Important Notice: FrontStreet Coffee has moved to a new address: 315, Donghua East Road, Guangzhou (coffee beans only)
Tel: 020 38364473
