Yemen Haraaz Special Red Grade A+

This is a very special, limited edition Haraaz Red Grade A+ from our source in Yemen. We have offered this coffee in past years and it really does stand head and shoulders above other coffee from Yemen. We have had a long relationship with an exporter who has redefined coffee excellence in Yemen, Shabbir El-Azzi. Shabbir has been instrumental in shifting agricultural production in this principal coffee growing region from Qat, an illegal but lucrative drug, to high quality, fully ripe coffee cherry. The tradition in Yemen had been to grow coffee and store it on the rooftops of homes, putting one year's crop atop another, then selling coffee as funds were needed. El-Azzi has changed all this by paying farmers premium prices upon the delivery of fully ripe, fresh cherry. The very best of these cherries are from a single micro region, Sharqi, in Haraaz. The cherry is segregated for this special Red Grade A+ sorting and an unusual drying method that utilizes a specially designed pyramid to promote airflow while slowly drying the layers of cherry within. While many grades and sizes are produced, this  particular one is the very highest. Haraaz Red is the result of painstaking care at every stage of the post harvesting process.

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