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Ethiopia Yrgacheffe

One of our favorite coffees. It is grown at an altitude of over 7000 feet; hence, the beans are quite small and the flavors and aroma are very concentrated. This coffee is winey and quite intense in acidity and body. It is similar to Yemen Mocha in some respects. This is an especially bold coffee, having its own spicy character, from the land in which wild coffee first grew.
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Volume Price
PoundsPrice LB
1$4.91
2-4$4.66
5-19$4.42
20+$3.93

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Ethiopia coffee facts:

Population (2006): 75 Million People
Domestic Consumption: 1.7 Million bags per year
Coffee Export: 2.2 Million Bags of 60 Kg. (132.29 lb.)
Cultivated Area: 400,000 Hectares (988,000 Acres)

Harvest:
-- Unwashed: October to March
-- Washed: end of July to December

Arabica Introduced:The birthplace of coffee. Oldest recognized country of origin for uncultivated Arabica species.

Farms:
331,130 (94%) Smallholdings (less than or equal to 2.47 acres)
19,000 (6%) Government

Specialty Coffees:
Washed: Sidamo, Yirgacheffe, Limu, Bebeka

Unwashed: Harrar, Sidamo, Djimmah, Lekempti (wild coffee trees)

Botanical Varietals: Numerous indigenous cultivars.


 


 

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About 50% of the coffee produced in Ethiopia is consumed there as the population has a rich coffee drinking culture, replete with ceremony and tradition.

 

 
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