Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Organic Fair Trade

Ethiopia Yirgacheffe is one of the most celebrated single-origin coffees in the world. This Yirgacheffe is light-bodied with an acidity on the higher end for a medium roast. The acidity pops on your tongue right from the start with notes apricot jam. The acidity begins to sweeten in the middle of the cup with notes of milk chocolate. The sweetness continues into the finish, joined by some slight spicy notes of cumin. This is an incredibly complex coffee for a single-origin coffee.

Roast Color: Medium

Cupping Notes: Passionfruit, Apricot Jam, Milk Chocolate

Certifications: Organic, Fair Trade

Story: Our Yirgacheffe is sourced from family owned farms organized around the Worka Cooperative.  The Worka cooperative is located in the southern district of Gedeb whithin the Gedeo Zone, Ethiopia.  The cooperative was established in 2005 and has approximately 300 members. In 2005, the cooperative joined the Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (YCFCU), an umbrella organization established 2002 to support a sustainable coffee supply from cooperatives in the Gedeo ethnic region of Ethiopia. There are twenty-six other cooperatives affiliated with the YCFCU totaling more than 45,000 members.