Danche Station - Washed Wolisho & Kurume - Gedeb Zone, Ethiopia

Producer: Danche Washing Station & 800 local producers
Location: Chelbesa, Gedeb Zone, Ethiopia
Variety: Wolisho & Kurume
Process: Washed
Harvest: 2026
Farm Altitude: 2220m
Importer: The Coffee Quest
Contract Price: $8.60 per pound

About Ethiopia: Ethiopia is thought to be the genetic origin of the coffee plant. The terroir of Ethiopia boasts a high elevation, consistent rainfall, and rolling hills of red loamy soil, that's ideal for growing high quality coffee. Producers generally own small plots of land with subsistence farms and a few coffee trees. Coffee grown in Ethiopia is known for small and dense beans, packed with complex fruit and floral flavors and a tea-like body.

About Washed Coffee: The washed process is the standard, method of perparing coffee before roasting. It results in high-clarity, delicate flavors. The process begins with mechanically de-pulping the coffee cherry, followed by repeated washing with clean water to ensure the complete removal of the fruit mucilage. The coffee is then fermented for a short period of time to remove the parchment layer, and then dried in the a single layer either in the sun or in shade for several days.