Yirgacheffe Organic

About Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Organic Coffee

An organic washed Yirgacheffe with jasmine florals, sweet lemon and bergamot, and a clean tea-like finish.

Ethiopia Yirgacheffe is an organic single origin from the Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers' Cooperative Union in the Gedeo area of southern Ethiopia. Established in 2002, the union brings together 28 cooperatives representing more than 40,000 farmers. Most members farm around 0.65 hectares, growing coffee under shade trees intercropped for diversification. Farmers hand-pick their cherries and deliver them to central washing stations, where the coffee is pulped, fermented and washed clean. It is the classic Ethiopian smallholder model, and Yirgacheffe is its most famous result. Roasted weekly at our Hurstville roastery in Sydney. This is what people mean when they say "Ethiopian washed."

- Jasmine and honeysuckle in the aroma, the classic Yirgacheffe floral signature

- Lemon and bergamot sweetness through the cup

- Clean, tea-like finish with a hint of apricot

Best for Filter coffee drinkers who want what Ethiopian washed coffee was made to do. V60, Chemex, AeroPress, batch brew. Best black to experience the floral and citrus arc fully. A classic specialty coffee that delivers exactly what the cupping notes promise.

Tasting profile

- Body: Light, silky, tea-like

- Acidity: Bright, lemon-citric

- Sweetness: Citrus blossom, apricot

- Roast level: Light

Brewing recipes

- Filter / V60: 1:16 ratio (60g per litre), medium grind, 94-96°C water, 3:30 brew time

- AeroPress: 17g coffee, 220g water at 85°C, 2 minute steep, gentle plunge

- Chemex: 1:17 ratio, medium-coarse grind, 95°C water

Espresso is not recommended. The delicate florals and lemon brightness are best preserved through filter brewing. Call (02) 9580 1300 or drop into the Hurstville roastery if you want a hand getting the most out of it.

Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Roasting Notes

ORIGIN

Yirgacheffe, Gedeo, southern Ethiopia

GROWING REGION

Yirgacheffe, one of the world's most renowned washed coffee origins, known for floral and citrus profiles

PRODUCER

Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers' Cooperative Union, established 2002, 28 cooperatives and 40,000+ smallholder farmers

VARIETY

Heirloom Ethiopian cultivars, the indigenous coffee plants that gave the world its first coffee

PROCESS

Washed, organic. Cherries delivered to central washing stations, pulped, fermented and washed clean before drying