![]() ![]() While Bule Hora, and Gelana Abaya, where the beans are grown and then processed, respectively, are not technically right in Yirgacheffe, the towns are so close in proximity and employ the Yirgacheffe methods are used, that it is ruled to have a Yirgacheffe profile by the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange, and is therefore considered a Yirgacheffe coffee. The location of where these beans come from has some mild debate in the uptight, snooty world of single origin coffees. It’s a very full flavored coffee, solid and vibrant. It felt like a cousin of our Guatemalan Blue Ayarza in some ways. We found an oh-so-subtle chocolate note at the end as well. Strawberry, dried blueberries, even some raspberry, w/ some hints of lavender. $21.00 – $105.00 Select optionsīerries and fruit lead the flavor profile for this Ethiopian natural process. This farm dries its coffee on tarps along a soccer pitch they built for the local community and its workers, making for happy workers and coffee beans that have something to look at as they dry their way into your grinder and cup. The coffee is then turned regularly to keep the mucilage consistent and sticking to the bean. Honey process is accomplished by a de-pulping of the cherry fruit, so that most of it is gone, however it isn’t washed afterward, leaving behind a sticky mucilage that is very honey-like in texture and taste. The farm extends into some very remote and inaccessible areas, which is part of why they hire 50+ workers each year to help with the harvest, all from the same local families each year, and paying a higher than average wage for the industry in the area. Farmed on a 150 acre piece of land that is owned by a family of 12 called the Aguilera Brothers (which also consists of some sisters), the average of 150 days of rain helps produce consistently great coffee. ![]() The beans come from the hilly areas south of Costa Rica, closer to the Pacific Ocean, at an elevation of around 4,500 feet, in a tiny sliver called the West Valley. Those with very refined or sensitive palates may pick up berry, passionfruit and floral notes as well. In between a natural and washed process, Aguilera Yellow produces flavor notes of orange, nectarine, cranberry with a pleasant sugary molasses finish. ![]() Our first honey process since we sold out of a Peruvian honey just over a year ago, what a delight this visitor from the mountains of Costa Rica is. ![]()
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