If you've never had a truly great single-origin coffee, Ethiopia is where you start. It's the coffee that makes people realize what they've been missing.
Yirgacheffe is a region in southern Ethiopia — the birthplace of coffee, where wild coffee plants still grow in the forests. The coffees from this region are unlike anything else: bright, floral, fruity, complex. Notes of blueberry, jasmine, lemon, bergamot. A clean, tea-like body. An acidity that's vibrant rather than harsh.
It doesn't taste like what most people think of when they think of coffee. That's the point.
How to brew it: Pour-over or Aeropress. These methods let the delicate flavors shine. Don't use a French press — the metal filter lets too many fine particles through and muddies the cup. Don't use a drip machine — the temperature is too inconsistent. Pour-over, medium-fine grind, 200°F water, slow and steady.
Drink it black. Cream and sugar will bury everything that makes this coffee worth drinking. Trust the bean.
Buy it fresh. Single-origin coffees are more sensitive to staleness than blends. Order it, brew it within two weeks, and taste what coffee is supposed to taste like.
This is the coffee that changes people. We're proud to carry it.
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