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Idido Royal Yirgacheffe – Counter Culture December 2, 2008

Another round with Counter Culture, this time with a really unique bean. My first experience with Yirgacheffe was as a “free sample” bag added to my wife’s espresso order. It smelled great, but I put in way too much coffee for the amount of water I used making the strongest coffee ever. I spent the rest of the morning dizzy and decided I didn’t like Yirgacheffe.

Everyone deserves a second chance, so here goes with Yirgacheffe. Counter Culture has a few Yirgacheffe varieties, all from different farms in Ethiopia. This one is their Idido Royal Washed variety. One thing hit me from the first time I opened the bag, these beans are much smaller than normal beans. Here’s a pic of the Yirgacheffe next to a Huehuetenango and a Bean Martin blend. It’s almost like a Peaberry, but I don’t think they are.

The flavor is very unexpected, really fruity. It took my wife having a sip for us to identify the flavors, she has a much better palate than I do. If you didn’t know you were drinking coffee, you could swear it was an herbal or black flavored tea. That’s great if you’re in the mood for fruit, but I really want coffee in the morning, not a lemony-peach.

I’ll finish out the bag, but I don’t think I’ll order this again unless I’m in the mood for a fruity coffee. It’s pretty crazy that coffee can taste like this though, I’m sure learning a lot about beans.

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