Ethiopian Yirgacheffe

[Jeff]

Just roasted a batch of Ethiopian Yirgacheffe. Anyone else enjoy this bean?

I find it to be a great all-around tasting coffee. Seems if you take it beyond a medium roast the subtlies are lost though. I havn't tried blending with it yet, and would appreciate if anyone has suggestions on what other beans Yirgacheffe goes well with.

[Andyman]

yes.. I agree but I like Kenya AA just a wee bit better..

[whodat1]

I love Yirg. I believe I get more subtle flavors from Yirg & Yemen Ismaili than any other coffees.

[par]

I like yirgchaffee. Not a huge fan of the yemeni, to many tannins for my buds.

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by whodat1

I love Yirg. I believe I get more subtle flavors from Yirg & Yemen Ismaili than any other coffees.

What he said; hits of citrus, almost lemon, flavor - neat little florals come and go. I find them appealing in brewed, espro and mokapot coffee - not roasted too darkly. Two of few I really prefer black. (BTW Jim, the MON-MAL was tried in many blends for espro - I never find the magic others get all poetical about but enjoyed it; the maduro of beans? My wife flat out didn't like anything with it. I haved lived and learned. Thanks.)

Jeff - I think the Honduran I've been using might go nice up to 35% with the Yirg for press, drip or vac. The HON turns nutty at busy (but not oily) 2nd crack where it stands very well on its own. For blend I'd stop it sooner so not to kill the Yirg nuances. U want some? I got 20# taking up space.

[whodat1]

Well, at least you tried the Mon-Mal Dan. It would have gone to waste if I had kept it.

[cigar no baka]

Starbucks has Yirgacheffe. Safe to buy and consume, and tasty to drink? Discuss amongst yourselves, no cussing and no flinging paper clips with rubber bands, decorum please.

[ATLHARP]

I think Nordstroms sell this coffee as well. They get their beans from the Coffee Bean in Seattle.

ATL

[whodat1]

Originally Posted by cigar no baka

Starbucks has Yirgacheffe. Safe to buy and consume, and tasty to drink?

The problem is that Yirgacheffe requires a light to medium roast to bring out the subtle flavours. Charbucks roasts every coffee to destruction. So, it is safe to buy & consume, but tasty to drink???

[par]

yeah, i got to agree. Starbucks really chars great coffee into a mere shadow of what they could have been. After experimenting with different roasts and blends i've pretty much figured out which roasts i prefer for each bean, and i blend them accordingly.

I've realized how much i dislike robusto as a body for the espresso blends. I always thought it was great but recently i've realized that i think it's that much better without the robusto.

Still learning and tomorrow night i'm roasting up a couple of batches. I'm thinking of getting a second roaster to parallelize the work. At the current rate i'm using up my coffee almost faster than i can roast it.

[ResIpsa]

Starbucks could be selling Jamaican blue mountain, right next to vienamese robusta and you would never know the difference. They char everything until all varietal flavor is lost, it doesn't matter which bean you buy from them to all taste the same

Originally Posted by cigar no baka

Starbucks has Yirgacheffe. Safe to buy and consume, and tasty to drink? Discuss amongst yourselves, no cussing and no flinging paper clips with rubber bands, decorum please.

[ResIpsa]

I wish I could learn to love the YIRG. I like Harrar, but as far as the Ethiopian coffees go, just can't like Yirg. Too flowery, too light bodied for me. It's very tea like, and there isn't anything wrong with tea but when I want a flowery tea I DRINK TEA. There is something, to me, almost flawed about a coffee that tastes so much like tea. It's like, it I picked up a glass of stout and found that tanginess present in a good lambic ale.....I like stout, and I like lambic, but I do not want my stout to taste like lambic...of course, I could take the YIRG a little darker that should help

Originally Posted by Mister MaDuroo

What he said; hits of citrus, almost lemon, flavor - neat little florals come and go. I find them appealing in brewed, espro and mokapot coffee - not roasted too darkly. Two of few I really prefer black. (BTW Jim, the MON-MAL was tried in many blends for espro - I never find the magic others get all poetical about but enjoyed it; the maduro of beans? My wife flat out didn't like anything with it. I haved lived and learned. Thanks.)

Jeff - I think the Honduran I've been using might go nice up to 35% with the Yirg for press, drip or vac. The HON turns nutty at busy (but not oily) 2nd crack where it stands very well on its own. For blend I'd stop it sooner so not to kill the Yirg nuances. U want some? I got 20# taking up space.

[cigar no baka]

Originally Posted by whodat1

The problem is that Yirgacheffe requires a light to medium roast to bring out the subtle flavours. Charbucks roasts every coffee to destruction. So, it is safe to buy & consume, but tasty to drink???

Ya I know I was just yanking chains. I have to agree that their coffee is kinds burnt tasting, that's probably why I rarely actually get coffee there. Once finances allow, I am still planning on getting a roaster, one that is simple and idiot proof (the I-Roaster 2, or something like that?) and start roasting my own and impress the hell out of my wife who loves coffee.

[whodat1]

Originally Posted by cigar no baka

I have to agree that their coffee is kinds burnt tasting, that's probably why I rarely actually get coffee there.

No problem, there's all kinds of tastes out there. Some people like an Ashton while others prefer a Punch, some even smoke Cremosa's (Now who's yanking a chain ) You know me well enough Chris to understand that I wasn't directing anything at you, just doing my standard *$(star-bucks) (rant).

[par]

Originally Posted by cigar no baka

Ya I know I was just yanking chains. I have to agree that their coffee is kinds burnt tasting, that's probably why I rarely actually get coffee there. Once finances allow, I am still planning on getting a roaster, one that is simple and idiot proof (the I-Roaster 2, or something like that?) and start roasting my own and impress the hell out of my wife who loves coffee.

I'm getting my second roaster this week. Probably the iroast 1 (I already own this one). I need more capacity and i'm pretty happy with my iroast 1. I've rarely modify the program beyond the 5 programs i've tested out and entering them takes almost no time so the 10 presets in iroast 2 isn't needed for me.

$129 at burmancoffee.com with 3lbs of green beans. A very good price indeed.