think there is an awful lot of very average Ethiopian out there, in fact I find them a rarity more than the norm
Steve: Do you mean the average Ethipians are a rarity, or do you mean that the good (who when found often prove to be very good) ones are a rarity?
For me, being on the consumer side, I would be very much interested to hear of how you perceive the quality of the Ethiopian beans. Since things seem to be changing over there with some kind of new system for judging quality, and the demise of SO Ethiopians (if that rumour turns out to be true), it would be interesting for all of us, I think. I am worried, though. Should I be?
For me, Ethiopian beans have become the one coffee origin I just can't do without. As single origins, and in blends.
Same thing goes for Yemeni beans, but since they have all started to grow qat or somethin, Mokha Sana'ani and others are more or less impossible to find. At least for me, as a home roaster living in Sweden.