Banko Chelchele

Notes Peach, Candied Orange, Toffee, Hibiscus Origin Gedeb, Gedeo, Ethiopia Varieties Ethiopian Landraces Elevation 1900-2300 MASL Process Honey Banko Chelchele is comprised of coffee harvested by smallholder producers in the Gedeb community of southern Ethiopia. Many of these farmers cultivate coffee in small gardens and backyards and the annual harvest is a communal effort with families and neighbors coming together to pick ripe coffee fruit by hand and deliver it to the nearby washing station for further processing.  This particular lot underwent a method known as honey process, whereby the coffee fruit is pulped in such a way so as to remove the outer skin and leave a specified amount of a sticky, pectin-like material known as mucilage surrounding the seed, at which point the coffee is dried on raised beds. The honey process is known for yielding fruity, complex flavor profiles with dense sweetness. In Banko Chelchele we find notes of stone fruit, ci