For the Best in Arabica, Return to Where It All Began

The birthplace of coffee is also the original home of Arabica, the more complex and nuanced of the two known coffee beans (the other being Robusta). This East African country is where coffee thrives; if you travel around Ethiopia, you might find Arabica trees growing in the wild under natural shade. That means that sustainable coffee agriculture in Ethiopia is as natural as, well, Nature. With no need for fertilizers and pesticides, all the country's coffee is de facto organic.

Yirgacheffe: The Finest of the Finest

The regions of Yirgacheffe and Sidamo are our Ethiopian coffee connection. Yirgachaffe is a tiny growing region - in fact, it's part of the much larger Sidamo region - but its coffees are especially prized in the world market. Yirgacheffe is so sought-after that coffee traders are known to blend Yirgacheffe beans in with Sidamo beans in order to fetch a higher price in the export market.

At The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf®, we buy exclusively Yirgacheffe - our coffees are Simply the Best™, after all - and we invite you to experience what is widely regarded as one of the world's finest Arabica coffees. With its floral, almost perfume-like aroma, a delicate "lemony" snap, and clean, creamy finish, the seductive, invigorating Ethiopian Yirgacheffe has converted many a coffee skeptic into a devout believer.