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Ethiopia Yrgacheffe Kochere

Kochere is a tiny area within Yrgacheffe with a washing station where local farmers can bring their coffee harvest for processing. The farms themselves are generally very small. The washing station, which acts as something of a community center, is well run. The manager takes pride in running a tight ship and insuring that the cherry coming in for processing is exceptional and sorted appropriately. A great deal of time is spent hand sorting pergamino (dried coffee in husk) for defects during its drying period on raised African beds.

Cup Characteristics: Bright, sweet, very clean, citrusy. Hints of melon. Chocolate body. Crisp with lingering finish.

Roasting Notes: City+ to FC. Darker will diminish the bright, lemon aspects..

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1 Pound Price: $6.50
Volume Price
PoundsPrice LB
1$6.50
2-4$6.17
5-19$5.85
20+$5.20
 

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Ethiopia coffee facts:

Population (2206): 75 Million People
Domestic Consumption: 1.5 Million bags per year
Coffee Export: 1.5 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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