Mocha Java Blend
Ethiopia is the birthplace of coffee and home to some of the world's most flavorful coffee beans. Although coffee grows wild throughout Ethiopia, it is also cultivated on plantations in the high plateaus. Some of the most flavorful plantation-grown arabica beans come from a region called Sidamo. Arabica coffee beans from the Sidamo region are known for their almost perfume-like aromas.
Here at Zach and Dani's, we offer a high-quality washed arabica coffee bean from the Sidamo region, called Yirgacheffe. Many coffee experts consider Ethiopian Yirgacheffe coffee beans to be the most remarkable coffee beans in the world because it they contains amazing lemony floral perfumes along with a full, soft body. These unique flavor characteristics make it Ethiopian Yirgacheffe an ideal complement to the deep-roasted nut-like flavors of our Indonesian Java.
Growing Seasons
On Ethiopian coffee plantations, Ethiopian Yergacheffe coffee beans are generally harvested from September through November. However, small family farmers may harvest wild coffee at varying times throughout the year. Much of this wild coffee is harvested by stripping it from the branches in large bunches. These wild harvests may include unripe berries, leaves, twigs, and over-ripe berries, which then need to be meticulously sorted.
In contrast, farmers on the larger plantations carefully hand pick only the ripe coffee berries. When the harvest is good, experienced pickers can harvest up to 250 pounds of fruit a day. Ethiopian Yirgacheffe coffee beans comes from plantations in the Sidamo region where high-quality arabica coffee beans are carefully handpicked and wet processed.
