Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Konga 2019 Grade 1 Natural (green)

Description

Country: Ethiopia
Region/Town: Yirgacheffe / Konga
Altitude: 1950-2300 meters above sea level
Varietal: Heirloom
Processing: Natural

In the cup: Red fruits and chocolate in the aroma. Clean and rounded with red apples, cherry and dark chocolate flavours.

Background: Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee, has over 1.1 million coffee farmers that make up the various cooperatives. Most of these are located in the south and west of the country. The varieties are known as Heirloom, which is a mix of the native Typica hybrid varietals of old strains.

Yirgacheffe coffees are known for their clean, floral and acidity driven washed coffees and high quality sundried unique fruit and berry  flavours.
All cooperatives in Ethiopia belong to a Union which mills, grades, sells and exports the coffee.
The Konga Cooperative, considered to be one of the more successful cooperatives in the area, has a very well organized washing station located at 1850 masl, in the heart of Yirgacheffe. The cooperative is made up of over 1500 small farmers. The average size of each farm is 1.25 acres on which coffee and various foods for the local market are grown in volcanic soils.

(Info courtesy of Project Origin)