£10.43 -30% £14.90
“BLACK CROW WHITE PIGEON”. EXTRAORDINARY COFFEE STORIES.
Chapter 3
The White Pigeon presents:
Seemingly out of nowhere, the rich aroma of fragrant jasmine starts tickling your nose gently. It’s soon joined by sweet blueberry and blackberry notes. The luscious aftertaste this unique experience leaves you with is bound to be hard to top…
Flying high above the Ethiopian region of Guji in southern Oromia, one can admire the golden coffee plantations of the Shakisso estate. These fields are home to some of Ethiopia’s oldest arabica subspecies. The luscious estate is surrounded by numerous gold mines—which is why the land is punctuated by holes dug by the local gold diggers. Although this certainly does result in additional dangers and challenges that Guji’s coffee farmers must overcome, the extraordinary flavour of their harvest makes every bit of hardship worth it.
Your White Pigeon
Summary:
Country of origin | Ethiopia
Region | Guji
Producer | Shakisso Estate
Altitude | 1800 m
Arabica varietal | Heirloom
Process | Washed
Roast profile | Medium
SCA score | 87.5 out of 100
Flavour palette | Blueberries, blackberries, jasmine
Recommended brewing methods: all brewing methods, including espresso.
Ingredients: roasted coffee beans.
Storage conditions: store sealed in a dark, dry and cool place.
*****
“Black Crow White Pigeon” is here to regale you with extraordinary coffee stories. The main characters in this tale—the Black Crow and the White Pigeon—embody the remarkably varied flavour palette of specialty coffees: from dark, deep, earthy notes to light, subtle aromas. Every possible wonder of taste fits onto this lengthy scale, starting with inscrutable darkness and transforming slowly into the sort of white that takes your breath away. Each coffee, along with its unique story, hides inside a beautiful package that may remind you of a new chapter in a book you’re reading: carefully numbered, these chapters go all the way from 1 to 24. Dive deep into new experiences with “Black Crow White Pigeon”: discover the tales that each chapter tells you, immerse yourself in unique flavours, and set out on a journey so fragrant it’s bound to be impossible to forget. Feel free to start your own personal voyage from any chapter…
Ethiopia
100% Arabica, Specialty coffee
Coffee beans
Single-origin
Coffee Friend
Africa, Ethiopia
Medium
646847409189
87.5000
Washed
Heirloom
250 g
This coffee is roasted by our partners in Lithuania, in one of the finest local roasteries.
These coffee beans are suited well for all brewing methods, be it espresso, filter, or infusing straight in a cup.
Specialty coffee includes only the world’s best-rated varieties. Who rates it and how do they do that, you wonder? Well, the rating is in the hands of certified coffee tasters. They evaluate the quality of the coffee they’re presented with based on the scale created by the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA). Four criteria are assessed: origin, the appearance of green beans, the aroma of the prepared brew, and its flavour characteristics. Only coffees that end up scoring somewhere between 80 and 100 points can be rightfully referred to as “specialty”.
When using the washed process, beans are first separated from the cherries, then fermented and dried. Coffee processed in this manner acquires a particularly “clean” taste, which makes the dominant notes easier to identify. It’s often fruitier too.
“Ethiopia Shakisso” is one of our finest African specialty coffees. Like most coffees from this region, it boasts some vivid acidity, which is valued by coffee connoisseurs all over the world. Keep in mind that this sort of acidity has nothing to do with the overly acidic taste of low-quality coffee. Unlike the latter, this one’s pleasantly sweet, fruity and deliciously berryish. Give it a try and see for yourself!
Leslie Thomson December 10, 2023
Lovely light roast Ethiopian coffee, thanks Coffee Friend for supplying it.
Comment
Name
Email
You can select which cookies you want us to use. Some of them are essential and cannot be turned off.
These cookies are required for our website to function properly and cannot be turned off. They do not collect any user-identifying data.
These cookies allow us to optimise our website and see the sources of site traffic. We use the Google Analytics platform for this purpose. The collected data does not identify you and is not shared with any third parties. Enabling these cookies will let you use our live chat plugin and thus receive help from our consultants.
No one likes ads on the internet—especially those completely irrelevant ones. These cookies allow us to identify your needs and deliver only the most relevant offers. You will see ads even if you do not enable these cookies, but they will not be tailored to your needs and interests.
