Cup Notes: Melon, Grape Soda, Blueberry, Light Florals, Delicate
 
Origin: Ethiopia
Region: Yirgacheffe 
Producer: Birtukan 
Process: Natural
Varietal: Indigenous landraces and heirloom cultivars
Elevation: 2,200masl
Agtron: 127.3
 
Single producer lots from Africa are traditionally very hard to come by so we are very glad to be able to offer this extremely well done, classic natural Ethiopian coffee. 
 
This is a microlot from a single individual farmer in the very heart of Yirgacheffe. The exporter of this coffee, Ephtah, is a very new women-founded and led specialty group that brings years of former industry experience to a new venture.   
 
Birtukan is a married mother of three whose brother also helps with the farm. Her farm is 2.5 hectares in size, and like many farms in the area is planted primarily with coffee and interplanted with enset, a fruitless relative of the banana tree whose inner pulp is fermented and toasted as a local staple starch. 
 
Cherry on the farm is picked frequently during the harvest months, and Birtukan also purchases and processes coffee from her neighbors, many of whom are family. All cherry is first carefully inspected for ripeness and uniformity, washed clean, and then moved immediately to one of the farm’s few raised drying beds. Depending on the immediate climate, drying can take anywhere from 10-15 days, during which time the cherry is constantly rotated to ensure even dehydration.