PHILOCOFFEA 225 ETHIOPIA Gedeb Worka Washed

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The Gedeo district on the east side of the Irgachev region is divided into six districts, one of which is the Gedov district. It is 434 kilometers away from the capital Addis Ababa. Until a few years ago, it was a remote area that required nearly 8 hours of driving. However, with the opening of a new highway in 2016, the travel time has been shortened to only 3 hours. This is a region of Ethiopia with an environment suitable for coffee production, with a quarter of the land being grown in coffee. Gedebu district is divided into 16 administrative districts, and Vacasakaro is one of them. The area has good drainage and a large green area, making it suitable for natural cultivation. Especially there are many Horus banana trees around the coffee trees. Their leaves fall off, decompose and ferment, and become compost, adding nitrogen and making the soil more fluffy.
The name of the washing plant, Worka, means "gold" in the local Gideo language. When the men of Haile Selassie, the last emperor of Ethiopia, visited the area, they were deeply impressed by the wealth of the people here. , this land came to be known as the "Golden Land". The Worka Sakaro washing plant, owned by BNT subsidiary Ranger since the 2019 harvest, aims to build the best ever Yirgacheffe . We employ talented employees at commensurate wages and carry out the refining and drying process carefully.

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The word BNT immediately comes to mind. This is a local Ethiopian exporter. They sell high quality coffee from Yirgacheffe and I imagine they are an exporter whose name you often hear in Japanese coffee shops.
Two presidents, Mr. Billy and Mr. Teddy. Teddy first accumulated experience in the coffee business in another company, and then invited his college classmate Bille (who was working in international development at the time) to found BNT. Since then, their motto has been [PAY FAIR GET FINNEST].
When the company was first established, the quality was not very good and financing was difficult. However, both love visiting customers and drinking coffee, so they always listen to their customers and constantly improve to create better coffee. Currently, we have signed exclusive contracts to purchase coffee with 45 washing plants in Yegachev, Sidamo, Guji and other places, and have many subsidiary washing plants. High quality and uniqueness are ensured by advance payments to farmers through cleaning plants (pre-harvest), harvesting of ripe fruits, proper cleaning processes, slow drying, and high-precision sorting in our own threshing and refining plants. Resulting in unique coffee. At the refinery, we have added a color sorter to further reduce the contamination rate of defective beans and are currently expanding the factory to increase space and production efficiency. Absorbing opinions and making continuous changes can improve quality.

This year's Worka Sakaro is also of very high quality and delicious. During the drying process, cover the parchment with plastic cloth between 12:00 and 15:00 when the sun is strong to prevent the parchment from drying too quickly. (Not only is the altitude high, but in this equatorial region, too much sunlight can damage the cherries and parchment, resulting in a cloudy flavor.) Additionally, the normal drying time is 8 days. Evenly, creating a complex yet clean flavor. After drying, the threshed green beans are mechanically sorted and then hand-picked to produce high-quality FW coffee. It may be simple, but manpower has a huge impact on quality.

Worka, which was popular last year, is back this year. I think I can detect a Japanese citrus flavor like last year's Hasaku. The roast is lightly toasted, giving it a refreshing sweetness. Refreshing acidity like Bassak and grapefruit, sweetness like honey. The aftertaste is like black tea, making it a refreshing drink. Bake after 12 days to enjoy a more delicious finish.
I regularly drink drippings from coffee beans as I write this product introduction, but I can drink Ethiopian coffee so easily that I've seen the bottom of it. Very fast... also recommended to keep you company while working haha. This fall, how about taking a refreshing trip to Ethiopia to accompany your reading or studying?