Ethiopia

Yayu Wild Forest, Ethiopia

Name: Yayu Wild Forest, Ethiopia
Brand: Union Hand-Roasted Coffee
Availability: InStock

_notes: Citrus · Marzipan · Bourbon Biscuit · _category: chocolate · caramel · _category: citrus · floral · dark chocolate

Citrus Nutty Caramel and sweet Chocolate FloralFor espressoFor filter

£34.95/kg

22% below similar on their 200 g bag

£34.95 for 1 kg, their cheapest per kilo · about £0.63 for an 18 g espresso dose

The badge compares the standard 200 g bag at £42.25/kg against 123 coffees from 95 roasters in Ethiopia (standard bag, 200–350 g), so that every coffee is compared on the same size.

Price observed 3 Nov 2026. This is the bag, not the basket: delivery is not included.

Union Hand-Roasted Coffee states free delivery over £30.00, which this bag reaches on its own.

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Bag	Price	Per kilo
200 g	£8.45	£42.25/kg
1 kg	£34.95	£34.95/kg

The 1 kg bag works out 17% cheaper per kilo than the 200 g.

How it sits among coffee from Ethiopia

How often roasters use each flavour family to describe coffee from Ethiopia: 539 of 857 carry notes. The dashed outline is the whole catalogue. These are the roasters’ own words, grouped — not our tasting, and not a measurement.

Union Hand-Roasted Coffee describe this coffee as caramel and sweet, chocolate, citrus, nutty, floral. The filled shape is how often roasters use each family across coffee from Ethiopia; the rings on the rim are this coffee’s own.

nutty is unusual here — 15% of coffee from Ethiopia are described that way.

The roasters’ own words, grouped — not our tasting, and not a measurement. We have not tasted this coffee. All Ethiopia coffees

What the roaster says about where it came from

Country

Ethiopia

Region

Sidama

Process

washed

Variety

Heirloom

Not stated

farm or estate, producer, altitude, harvest, lot, importer, price paid to the producer

We report what the roaster publishes and we have not checked any of it independently. A fact nobody publishes is not a fault of the coffee: almost no roaster in the UK states an importer or the price paid to the producer.

What Union Hand-Roasted Coffee says about itself

Plastic free packaging

…avoid compostables. And although our original aim when changing our packaging was to be plastic free, now even WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme) says that it is more beneficial… part of a longer passage their page (opens in a new tab)

Compostable packaging

“Our paper coffee cups are 100% biodegradable and compostable, and recyclable where facilities exist.” their page (opens in a new tab)

Recyclable packaging

…serts and booklets, all our cartons, shipping packaging and print materials are made from recyclable, FSC-certified materials and are printed with vegetable ink. part of a longer passage their page (opens in a new tab)

Living wage employer

“We believe that a hard day's work deserves a fair day's pay. We are proud to be a Living Wage employer and part of the Living Wage Foundation. Interested to know more?” their page (opens in a new tab)

Social enterprise

…stery tours and seed-to-cup coffee talks to students of Well Grounded. Well Grounded is a social enterprise with a focus on providing highly-skilled Barista Training to vulnerable adults looking… part of a longer passage their page (opens in a new tab)

Charity partner

…arity dedicated to fighting hunger and food waste in the UK In June 2022, we committed to donating 10% of all our online Natural Spirit sales to Pride in London's Unity Fund. part of a longer passage their page (opens in a new tab)

These are claims the roaster makes about its business, not about this coffee, and we have not checked them against any register.

Where each fact came from

Species

…### ### The Yayu Coffee Forest Biosphere in Ethiopia is one of the last and most important remaining mountain forest fragments for the preservation of wild populations of Arabica Coffee (Coffea arabica), in the world. part of a longer passage the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Variety

“We plan to return our Yayu coffee to 100% from Yayu area as soon as possible Find out more about our Yayu Project VARIETALS Heirloom We are the home of fresh coffee.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Direct trade

“Plus, it’s speciality grade and traded ethically through Union Direct Trade.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Country of origin

Region

“To enable us to have Yayu available throughout the year, we may sometimes include a small percentage of beans, up to 10%, sourced from the Sidama region in Ethiopia, where we have developed long-term relationships.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Processing

Change processing: washed quality_score: 84.5 roast: Medium tagline: Wild Arabica Coffee varietal: Heirloom espresso filter… part of a longer passage the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

A further 4 facts on this page were read from part of the shop page that holds no sentence — a menu or a product grid — so there is nothing to quote for them.

Taken from the roaster’s own pages, and nothing here has been verified by us or by an independent body. What we store is a passage of page text cut around the fact, so one shown with an ellipsis is a passage we cannot see the start or the end of; only the fully quoted ones are complete sentences.