The flavor characteristics of Yirgacheffe lie in its bright acidity, non-bitter taste, and subtle floral aroma. Its flavor is fresh and elegant, and its price is affordable, making it almost the introductory choice for every coffee enthusiast. If you haven't yet tasted Yirgacheffe, then we would recommend purchasing the washed Yirgacheffe series selected by baristas—Front Street Gotiti coffee beans.

The reason Front Street Gotiti is deeply loved by baristas is not only because of its rich aroma, but also because it is suitable for various brewing methods and can express an elegant taste in all of them:

In the aroma of Front Street Gotiti pour-over coffee, we can smell subtle floral notes and a slight berry-like acidity. In terms of taste, Gotiti shows a very fresh lemon-like sweet acidity, white floral notes, and a green tea finish;

Front Street Gotiti made as cold brew shows a clear profile of green grapes, grapefruit, citrus, and floral notes; Front Street Gotiti brewed by immersion in a clever cup has a sweet-and-sour juicy feel of red berries, nectarine, nuts, and oranges.

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In Ethiopia, there are many cooperatives! The coffee beans processed by each cooperative have their own different characteristics. Among them, the coffee beans produced by Gotiti Cooperative, Konga Cooperative, Worka Cooperative, Hafursa Cooperative, and Idido Cooperative are deeply loved by domestic specialty coffee consumers. Gotiti Cooperative is located in the Worka production area at the southeastern end of Yirgacheffe. It was originally part of the Worka Cooperative under the Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (YCFCU). Later, as people pursued traceability of green coffee beans, "single-origin" was uncovered one by one by coffee hunters around the world.

In 2012, Gotiti, with about 300 farmer members, independently established the "Gotiti Cooperative." Gotiti Village was the earliest village area to be independently separated, and many smallholder farmers were also members of the original Worka Cooperative, so their coffee production techniques are naturally beyond question. Gotiti Cooperative is called the last pure land of Yirgacheffe, so the green bean processing methods used are also very traditional (washed and natural processing methods).

A brief introduction to washed processing: after coffee cherries are harvested, they undergo flotation to remove defective fruits; then the selected beans are mechanically depulped to remove the skin and pulp; afterward, the green beans with some pulp and mucilage remaining are placed in water for fermentation. After about 24 hours of fermentation, they can be taken out and washed; after washing, they undergo the step of sun drying to reduce the beans' moisture content to about 12%, and finally the parchment is removed. Washed processing is then complete!

This gives Front Street washed Gotiti coffee beans a flavor profile of citrus-like fresh acidity, white floral notes, honey-like sweetness, and a green tea-like finish.

The above content is compiled by CoffeeHunters, a coffee news website.