As we all know, African specialty coffee is dominated by floral and fruity aromas. Among them, Ethiopia is not only recognized as the birthplace of coffee, but also the home of many famous varieties. Speaking of flavor, Ethiopian coffee usually has obvious citrus and fragrant floral flavors, a light taste, and bright acidity. The most famous one is Yirgacheffe.
What kind of coffee is Yirgacheffe?
Yirgacheffe is a small town in southern Ethiopia, originally part of Sidamo Province. However, because the coffee from the Yirgacheffe production area has an elegant and unique white floral aroma, many coffee growers in the Sidamo production area immediately claimed that they were growing coffee from the Yirgacheffe production area. Later, Yirgacheffe became independent from the Sidamo production area and became its own coffee production area, and the chaos ended.
Why is Yirgacheffe famous?
The so-called Yirgacheffe flavor refers to the rich citrus lemon acidity and strong jasmine fragrance. The taste is light and elegant, with a tea flavor, and it tastes like refreshing and clean lemon tea. Under the combination of various excellent conditions, the coffee beans produced in Yirgacheffe have bright acidity, accompanied by white floral aroma and a tea-like aftertaste.
Before the emergence of Yirgacheffe, coffee beans were almost all heavily roasted and had a strong flavor. After the emergence of Yirgacheffe, it not only changed people's stereotype of coffee as only being bitter, but also had a rich floral and fruity aroma, making it the first choice for everyone to buy specialty coffee.
Is it better to roast Yirgacheffe coffee lightly or medium roasted?
After understanding the flavor of Yirgacheffe, let’s take a look at which degree of roasting Yirgacheffe tastes better.
As mentioned earlier, the essence of Yirgacheffe lies in the floral and fruity aroma, so it is not suitable to use dark roasting. The lighter the roasting degree, the shorter the heating time of the coffee beans, and the more sour substances will be retained. Based on this, we can choose Yirgacheffe with different roasting degrees according to different extraction methods:
Hand pouring, hanger, French press, American drip filter, cold brew ~ suitable for light roasted Yirgacheffe
1. Light roasting - Front Street. Washed Yirgacheffe: lemon, citrus, tea flavor, honey, berry
Reason for recommendation: With the classic Yirgacheffe flavor, the price is affordable and can be used as daily rations
2. Light roasting - Front Street. Sun-dried red cherries: citrus, berry, fruit fermentation aroma, honey, cream taste
Reason for recommendation: Full of fruity aroma, it can express the delicate flavor of Yirgacheffe whether brewed hot or cold.
3. Light baking - Front Street. Washed fruit: jasmine, citrus, lemon , berry, tea flavor
Reason for recommendation: High-grade Yirgacheffe has a fresh flavor and pleasant aroma. It is suitable for hand brewing, cold brewing, hanging coffee and other making methods.
Moka pot, espresso machine, suitable for medium roast Yirgacheffe
Medium roast-Front Street. Yirgacheffe sun-dried red cherries SOE: Berry, cream, citrus, black tea
Different from the previous three Yirgacheffe models, Front Street Yirgacheffe SOE has only one purpose, which is to make delicious Yirgacheffe concentrate. This bean is selected from sun-dried whole red coffee cherries in the Yirgacheffe production area. Its high maturity gives the coffee a full fruity aroma. The extracted espresso has a refreshing lemon, floral, and citrus aroma. It is very suitable for making American and Australian whites.
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
