Description
This funky natural coffee from Ethiopia is a sweet treat! Gorgeous tropical notes give way to juicy berry sweetness, then develop into a creamy fudge and chocolate flavour as it cools off. Balanced and easy to drink, it’s our new favourite batch option here at the roastery. Come give it a sip if you’re in town…unless the staff sup it all first.
£17.50 – £47.00
Producer
Various smallholder farmersCup Profile
Pineapple, Butter Fudge,Dark Chocolate
Country
EthiopiaPreparation
NaturalTerroir
Shanta Golba Mountain, SidamoGenetics
Mixed HeirloomAltitude
1860 - 2160mCup Score
87Sourcing
Falcon Specialty
Description
This funky natural coffee from Ethiopia is a sweet treat! Gorgeous tropical notes give way to juicy berry sweetness, then develop into a creamy fudge and chocolate flavour as it cools off. Balanced and easy to drink, it’s our new favourite batch option here at the roastery. Come give it a sip if you’re in town…unless the staff sup it all first.
Damo Station can be found on the slopes of Shanta Golba Mountain; situated in Sidamo Province, southern Ethiopia. It sources ripe cherries from nearby farms and processes them in a variety of different ways. The station itself provides jobs for around 100 people and is the main source of income for local farmers during harvest season.
Close to 400 smallholders contributed cherries to this lot, all of whom have farms between 2-5 hectares in size. During the 2022-23 harvest season, farmers were paid 70-80 Ethiopian Birr per kilo, with an additional off-season payment of 3-5 Birr per kilo. Daye Bensa (producer & exporter) is very much a community-focused company, working actively to improve farmer’s living conditions, provide their families with access to healthcare, education and develop transport infrastructure in nearby villages.
This is a natural process coffee. Cherries are sorted based on quality and density by floating in large water tanks. After floatation, the cherries are then transferred to African raised beds with mesh nets. The coffee is rotated every half hour for even dryness and to help control fermentation. The average drying time takes about 2 weeks based on the temperature and humidity. The dried cherries are then stored in warehouses for further flavour development.