Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Aricha

 Single origin whole bean coffee.  Grower: 650 producers organized around Cherab na Betesebu | Aricha Mill Variety: Indigenous cultivars Region: Aricha, Gedeo Zone, Ethiopia Altitude: 1900 – 2100 masl Process: Fully washed after pulping, fermented underwater for 48 hours, then soaked for 48 hours in clean spring water, and finally dried in the sun on raised beds Roast Level: 11% DTR - Light Flavor notes: Black Tea • Floral • Citrus Aricha is a private washing station located in the Yirgacheffe district, in the heart of southern Ethiopia’s coveted Gedeo Zone. Gedeo is a narrow section of highland plateau dense with savvy farmers and fiercely competitive processors, and has been known commercially as Yirgacheffe for many years after the Yirgacheffe district itself, one of Ethiopia’s first areas to fully wash its coffee. As a coffee terroir, Yirgacheffe has for decades been considered a benchmark for beauty and complexity in arabica coffee—known for being beguilingly ornate a