Producer: Osolo Washing Station / 150 producers from Wocho Sololo, Tabata, Mebocho, and Mender Location: Guji Oromia, Ethiopia Variety: Primarily JARC 74158 with some JARC 74112, 74110 Process: Honey Harvest: 2026 Farm Altitude: 2240-2280m Importer: The Coffee Quest Contract Price: $8.50 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 Honey Process Coffee: Honey process coffees exist on a wide spectrum between washed and natural and have different names in different countries such as pulped-natural, semi-washed, and honey. Within honey process, there are also distinctions between white, yellow, red, and black honey, respective to increasing amounts of mucilage left on the coffee during drying, and reflecting resulting bean.
I've seen small coffee beans before, but these ones are peculiar in how small and dense they are.
Use the best grinder you own, it's tricky to brew, the fines tend to clog and stall filters. Agitating less helps.
Its' fussiness is rewarding. It is very aromatic, and very smooth to drink. Tea-like with fruity, sophisticated flavors.
1:16 ratio, 93 degree water, medium-coarse grind.
