Ethiopia - Misty Valley G1 Yirgacheffe
Ethiopia Misty Valley G1 Yirgacheffe is naturally processed allowing the coffee cherry fruit flesh to stay intact while drying several weeks in the sun.On the Ethiopian rating scale of G0-G9, our G1 rating is only overtaken by G0 which is considered the holy grail of perfection and found only during rarified times in rarified micro-lot terroir. The initial blueberry notes, like a muffin, of this coffee are breathtaking only to be followed by a fine chocolate crescendo… think of a fine Swiss Lindt Chocolate.There is also the undercurrent of strawberries and some floral notes.Like a finely crafted watch… the flavors have impeccable timing with your sensory perception… we really like this coffee. Balanced with a bright lemon sweetness, the coffee’s versatility cannot be overstated.
Misty Valley is a coffee profile and euphemism developed to emphasize care given in this coffees processing… our hope it that visions of the Yirgacheffe’s harmonious topography nestled in a morning’s picturesque haze will inspire your morning to the breath-taking sheer mountain terroir of coffee’s ancestorial land creating a “Misty Valley’s” dreamscape of possibility during your day.
Process: Natural… the natural cherry flesh is allowed to remain on the bean and dried on raised beds, exposed to sunlight with constant turning, for around 12 - 15 days.
Elevation: 5741-6398 feet
Aroma: Blueberry muffins, ripe strawberries and floral notes
Flavor: Pronounced blueberry and fine Swiss chocolate… an undercurrent of strawberry
Roast: Light Medium… incredible balance with a clean silky body
Ethiopia Misty Valley G1 Yirgacheffe is naturally processed allowing the coffee cherry fruit flesh to stay intact while drying several weeks in the sun.On the Ethiopian rating scale of G0-G9, our G1 rating is only overtaken by G0 which is considered the holy grail of perfection and found only during rarified times in rarified micro-lot terroir. The initial blueberry notes, like a muffin, of this coffee are breathtaking only to be followed by a fine chocolate crescendo… think of a fine Swiss Lindt Chocolate.There is also the undercurrent of strawberries and some floral notes.Like a finely crafted watch… the flavors have impeccable timing with your sensory perception… we really like this coffee. Balanced with a bright lemon sweetness, the coffee’s versatility cannot be overstated.
Misty Valley is a coffee profile and euphemism developed to emphasize care given in this coffees processing… our hope it that visions of the Yirgacheffe’s harmonious topography nestled in a morning’s picturesque haze will inspire your morning to the breath-taking sheer mountain terroir of coffee’s ancestorial land creating a “Misty Valley’s” dreamscape of possibility during your day.
Process: Natural… the natural cherry flesh is allowed to remain on the bean and dried on raised beds, exposed to sunlight with constant turning, for around 12 - 15 days.
Elevation: 5741-6398 feet
Aroma: Blueberry muffins, ripe strawberries and floral notes
Flavor: Pronounced blueberry and fine Swiss chocolate… an undercurrent of strawberry
Roast: Light Medium… incredible balance with a clean silky body
Ethiopia Misty Valley G1 Yirgacheffe is naturally processed allowing the coffee cherry fruit flesh to stay intact while drying several weeks in the sun.On the Ethiopian rating scale of G0-G9, our G1 rating is only overtaken by G0 which is considered the holy grail of perfection and found only during rarified times in rarified micro-lot terroir. The initial blueberry notes, like a muffin, of this coffee are breathtaking only to be followed by a fine chocolate crescendo… think of a fine Swiss Lindt Chocolate.There is also the undercurrent of strawberries and some floral notes.Like a finely crafted watch… the flavors have impeccable timing with your sensory perception… we really like this coffee. Balanced with a bright lemon sweetness, the coffee’s versatility cannot be overstated.
Misty Valley is a coffee profile and euphemism developed to emphasize care given in this coffees processing… our hope it that visions of the Yirgacheffe’s harmonious topography nestled in a morning’s picturesque haze will inspire your morning to the breath-taking sheer mountain terroir of coffee’s ancestorial land creating a “Misty Valley’s” dreamscape of possibility during your day.
Process: Natural… the natural cherry flesh is allowed to remain on the bean and dried on raised beds, exposed to sunlight with constant turning, for around 12 - 15 days.
Elevation: 5741-6398 feet
Aroma: Blueberry muffins, ripe strawberries and floral notes
Flavor: Pronounced blueberry and fine Swiss chocolate… an undercurrent of strawberry
Roast: Light Medium… incredible balance with a clean silky body
Ethiopia Misty Valley G1 Yirgacheffe
Ethiopian coffees has a “boomerang effect” … you just can’t elude them. They are so important and approachable that you will continually delight in their cornucopia and intensity of flavor and aroma. Although landlocked and surrounded north by Eritrea, west by Sudan, south by Kenya, southwest and east by Somalia with Djibouti due east sandwiched by Eritrea and Somalia, Ethiopia somehow continues to produce the world’s most consistently great coffees while operating in the most dubious of political positions. You have read elsewhere on this website concerning the countries paleontological, architectural and historical importance to the world. The mere reality of coffee is central to Ethiopia where the Yirgacheffe, our present coffee’s origin, is considered the genesis of the plants discovery. Approximately 370 miles due south from Addis Ababa, the capital, and 160 miles from the southern Kenyan border, located in the Ethiopian province of Oromia, is the Yirgacheffe, literally translated as “Land of Many Springs. Ethiopia Misty Valley G1 Yirgacheffe is naturally processed allowing the coffee cherry fruit flesh to stay intact while drying several weeks in the sun. On the Ethiopian rating scale of G0-G9, our G1 rating is only overtaken by G0 which is considered the holy grail of perfection and found only during rarified times in rarified micro-lot terroir. The initial blueberry notes, like a muffin, of this coffee are breathtaking only to be followed by a fine chocolate crescendo… think of a fine Swiss Lindt Chocolate. There is also the undercurrent of strawberries and some floral notes. Like a finely crafted watch… the flavors have impeccable timing with your sensory perception… we really like this coffee. Balanced with a bright lemon sweetness, the coffee’s versatility cannot be overstated. Misty Valley is a coffee profile and euphemism developed to emphasize care given in this coffees processing… our hope it that visions of the Yirgacheffe’s harmonious topography nestled in a morning’s picturesque haze will inspire your morning to the breath-taking sheer mountain terroir of coffee’s ancestorial land creating a “Misty Valley’s” dreamscape of possibility during your day.
Process: Natural… the natural cherry flesh is allowed to remain on the bean and dried on raised beds, exposed to sunlight with constant turning, for around 12 - 15 days.
Elevation: 5741-6398 feet