Ethiopia – Natural Yirgacheffe – Grade 1 – Chelchele


Natural
B18254

Ethiopia – Natural Yirgacheffe – Grade 1 – Chelchele B18254


Specs:

Source:

Ethiopia

Region:

Chelchele, Kochere, Yirgacheffe

Farm:

Various smallholder farmers

Variety:

Heirloom Ethiopian varieties

Altitude:

1800 masl

Processing:

Natural

Notes:

"Sweet and smooth with tart acidity, chocolate, dried floral and citrus fruit flavors."

Score:

85 points

Price/Bag:

$5.86 per lb

$258.00 per bag

Out of stock


Background:

This coffee comes from the Chelchele washing station, which is in the kebele, or village, of Chelchele, in the words, or district, of Kochere, in the Yirgacheffe region. Chelchele coffees tend to have a nice backbone of sweetness from toffee and/or soft nuts like almond, with a floral and citrus overtone.

Coffees in Ethiopia are typically grown on very small plots of land by farmers who also grow other crops. The majority of smallholders will deliver their coffee in cherry to a nearby washing station or central processing unit, where their coffee will be sorted, weighed, and paid for or given a receipt. The washing stations serve as many as several hundred to sometimes a thousand or more producers, who deliver cherry throughout the harvest season: The blending of these cherries into day lots makes it virtually impossible under normal circumstances to know precisely whose coffee winds up in which bags on what day, making traceability to the producer difficult. We do, however, make every available effort to source coffee from the same washing stations every year, through our export partners and their connections with mills and washing stations.

For more information about coffee production in Ethiopia, visit our Ethiopia page.