Sunday, March 28, 2010

Yirgacheffe #5

Slow waking up and the last cup of this bright berrry Yirgacheffe tells me this is a great bean for blending. 

Upon further research, I find that Yirgacheffe is a town in Ethopia, the motherland of the coffee bean, the country of Haile Selassie's rule. 

The story of the berry eating goats that brought us the coffee-bean is here.

Some consider Yirgacheffe coffee to be the best in the world. John DeBartolo (who calls himself the Coffee Meister of NYC--haven't heard of him until now, but we'll go with it) describes Yirgacheffe as such: "This intense feeling coffee enhances the palate with its very distinctive floral bouquet, rich body, a pleasingly fragrant aroma....".

The second brew around I mixed it up with some Columbian, and was happier to find the brew mellowed and darker, to suit my tastes. Which gets me thinking about cowboy coffee--next post.

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