ETHIOPIA KOCHERE BOJI
SINGLE ORIGIN
Ken Davids, Coffee Review, November 2020
- Tasting Notes
- Harvest Notes
- Farm Notes
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Roast Level: Light
Aroma: Floral
Flavor: Cranberry, stone fruit and molasses
Acidity: Bright
Body: Silky
Finish: Honey -
Farm: Multiple family farms
Region: Kore, Kochere, Yirgacheffe
Altitude: 1795 - 1900 m
Varietals: Ethiopian heirloom varietals
Harvest: November - January
Production Method: Washed -
Like most coffee in Ethiopia, this selection is grown on small family farms averaging only about a third of an acre. After harvesting their coffee cherries, the farmers take them to a central washing station where crops from neighboring farms are blended together into larger lots for processing. The final product is then usually identified by the name of the washing station.
The Boji washing station serves around 500 small farms near Kore, a village in the Kochere district of the famed coffee growing region Yirgacheffe. Kochere coffees are well known for elegant tea–like notes with pronounced citrus and stone fruit tones.