We taste: peach, sweet tea, floral

Farm/Mill: Arsosala/Arsosala Washing Station
Region: Uraga woreda, Guji Zone, southern Ethiopia
Processing Method: Washed (Grade 1)
Elevation: 1,800-1,900 msl
Variety: Ethiopia Heirloom Varieties

This Grade 1 washed processed coffee is from the Arsosala Washing Station in the highlands of southern Ethiopia. Coffees in Ethiopia are typically grown on very small plots of land by farmers who also grow other crops. There are approximately 1200 farmers who deliver their cherry to the Arsosala washing station, where their coffee will be sorted, weighed, and paid for or given a receipt. The coffee is then processed by the washing station and dried on raised beds.

For washed coffees, the coffee is fermented for 24-36 hours depending on weather, washed and then dried on raised beds for one week while final quality sorts are conducted.

When brewed, this delicate washed Ethiopian coffee is complex with base notes of peach and apricot with hints of sweet tea and delicate florals like jasmine and chamomile. Its subtle complexities may be washed out by the addition of cream/milk, so we love it best served black. (But you do you!)