Ethiopian Yergacheffe

ORIGIN  

• Africa

DESCRIPTION

• This coffee is grown at the extreme altitude of 8,000 feet, making it a very slow growing, Strictly Hard Bean. Because of its slow growth, it is able to absorb flavors from flowering shrubs around it, possibly contributing to what is often described as a complex floral aroma, with winey undertones.
  
  We roast this coffee a shade darker than our usual Viennese roast to bring out all the subtleties available.  Most would describe its' body as FULL.

HISTORY

Ethiopia, so the story goes, is the birthplace of coffee.

Over a thousand years ago, a goat herder noticed his normally sedate flock frolicking hither and yon after eating berries from a nearby bush. He tried a few berries himself, and was amazed at the invigoration they produced.  With the help of a local monk who experimented with boiling the berries in water, the first cup of coffee was created.

Revised: 04/05/08