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The Coffee Atlas
Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Kochere
Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Kochere, a washed Gedeo Zone coffee from the woreda south of Yirgacheffe town, with sourced cupping scores and altitude.
Flavor profile
avg. of 2 published reviewsScale: 1-10, Coffee Review / SCA-classic-form convention. Averaged from 2 independently published Coffee Review scores of washed Yirgacheffe Kochere lots (Paradise Roasters, January 2013; Victrola Coffee Roasters, June 2013). Both reviews are over a decade old and cover single roaster lots, so this is a small-N snapshot, not a category-wide statistical sample: other Kochere lots will differ.
What it tastes like
Kochere is one of the six woredas of the Gedeo Zone, and it sits south of Yirgacheffe town, so a bag labelled “Yirgacheffe Kochere” is washed coffee from a neighbouring district rather than the town’s own station area. According to Trabocca’s Yirgacheffe profile, the region adopted washed processing in the 1970s, and importer listings for Kochere describe the same approach: fully washed, dried on raised beds, from heirloom cultivars.
In the cup, the two Coffee Review lots cited here, both rated 94, agree on a floral and citrus lead with real sweetness underneath: narcissus and plum blossom, tangerine and ripe lemon, honey and cacao nib. Both describe a light, syrupy mouthfeel and a long finish, and Victrola’s lot was noted for turning sweeter and juicier as the cup cools.
Treat those scores as two data points from 2013, not a Kochere standard. Altitude, harvest timing, and grade vary by lot and importer, which is why the ranges above are labelled as one listing’s figures.
How to brew it
Method fit for this origin · editorial guidance from roaster convention
Filter clarity lets the floral and citrus top notes show, which is what both cited reviews emphasize.
Roasters often pull washed Ethiopians as espresso, but the bright acidity needs careful dialling in to avoid sourness.
Adds weight to a light-bodied coffee, though full immersion tends to blur the delicate aromatics.
⚠ Fit tiers are editorial guidance drawn from roaster convention; no industry standard scores brew fit, so we show tiers, never invented numbers. Reflects brew guidance commonly published by specialty roasters for washed Ethiopian lots, not an SCA-defined standard.
Altitude & region
Growing elevation, meters above sea level · this entry vs comparison bands
The Kochere range comes from a single importer lot listing (see Sources & data). Kenya AA and Brazil Cerrado are shown for scale only, using commonly published origin altitude bands, not lot-specific measurements.
Caffeine content
Caffeine by dry weight · each gold dot = 0.1%
Caffeine content tracks species, not origin, altitude, or processing: roughly 1.2% for Arabica versus roughly 2.2% for Robusta, close to double (see Sources & data). This entry is 100% Arabica; no credible per-origin caffeine figure exists at a category level, so the comparison is by species only.
Where to buy it
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Long-running direct-trade relationships in southern Ethiopia; rotates named Yirgacheffe lots.
View lot→Competition-circuit roaster that regularly features single-origin Ethiopian lots with public cupping notes.
View lot→NYC micro-roaster known for lot-specific Ethiopian sourcing and detailed origin write-ups.
View lot→Wide selection in one place; check roast dates, 100%-origin labeling, and seller reviews before buying.
View lot→Sources & data
- Coffee Review: Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Kochere, Paradise Roasters (January 2013)Washed lot, rated 94; attribute scores and tasting notes (honey, narcissus, sweet chocolate, tangerine). 1 of 2 averaged
- Coffee Review: Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Kochere G1, Victrola Coffee Roasters (June 2013)Washed lot, rated 94; attribute scores and tasting notes (plum blossom, ripe lemon, watermelon, cacao nib). 2 of 2 averaged
- Royal Coffee New York: Ethiopia Washed Yirgacheffe Kochere G2 (GP)Importer listing: elevation 1800-2100 m, harvest Nov-Feb, Ethiopian heirloom, fully washed on raised beds, Kochere district south of Yirgacheffe town
- Trabocca: Yirgacheffe origin profileLists Kochere as one of six woredas of the Gedeo Zone; typical Yirgacheffe harvest Oct-Dec; local landraces such as Kurume and Wolisho; washed processing since the 1970s
- Development of a fast and simple method to identify pure Arabica coffee and blended coffee by Infrared Spectroscopy (J. Food Sci. Technol., 2021, PMC8292507)Peer-reviewed: "Arabica beans usually presents 1.0 to 1.5% w.w-1 of caffeine and Robusta beans presents 2.0 to 2.5% w.w-1" (quoted verbatim), the basis for the 1.2% / 2.2% species figures