Ethiopia Aricha Yirgacheffe G1 Natural (2021)

Lavender, peach, lemon, white sugar
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Bag Weight 60 KG BAG
Harvest Season 2020/21
Status Spot
Lot Number P8001350-2
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About This Coffee

This grade 1 natural microlot is from Aricha wetmill in Yirgacheffe. The mill, managed by Cherab na Betesebu, processes cherries from around 650 local smallholder farmers who cultivate at elevations up to 2,100masl.

Origin Ethiopia
Subregion Yirgacheffe
Harvest Season 2020/21
Producer Type Washing Station
Wet Mill Aricha
Processing Natural/Dry Processed
Plant Species Arabica
Variety Ethiopia Heirloom Varieties
Coffee Grade ETH CA NAT YIRG G1
Bag Weight 60 KG BAG

The Region

Aricha is located in Yirgacheffe district, Gedeo zone in the ‘Southern Nations, Nationalities & Peoples’ (SNNP) region of Ethiopia. Over a number of years the region has developed a distinguised reputation for fine coffees, producing some of the most sought-after microlots in world. The combination of high altitude (up to 2,200m in some areas), fertile soil, consistent and plentiful rains, and an abundance of local knowledge are all contributing factors to the high status of Yirgacheffe coffees.

The local indigenous ‘heir-loom’ varietals - which grow wild in Ethiopia - are responsible for the unique flavour notes which make for an unusual but refined cup. When processed naturally through sun drying these present with juicy and jammy stone-fruit flavours, floral and chocolate notes with a creamy body.

The Process

Shade grown, ripe cherries are delivered to the mill for careful sorting, to select only the ripest. The cherries are dried in the sun on raised African beds for approximately 12 - 15 days. In the daytime they are raked and turned periodically to ensure a consistent drying process; covered between 12pm and 3pm to protect them from sun damage and at night time to protect it from rainall and moisture. Once the coffee has dried to the right level it is milled, graded, sorted and thoroughly handpicked, before being bagged in GrainPro for export from the port of Djibouti.

  • Subregion Yirgacheffe
  • Producer Type Washing Station
  • Wet Mill Aricha
  • Processing Natural/Dry Processed
  • Plant Species Arabica
  • Variety Ethiopia Heirloom Varieties
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  • Top Lot No
  • Price Per Kg €8.65
  • Status Spot
  • Coffee Grade ETH CA NAT YIRG G1
  • CTRM Contract Number P8001350-2
  • Origin Ethiopia
  • Warehouse Schwarze & Consort.