Ethiopia Yirgacheffe, Aricha

Whole bean coffee.  We're excited about this incredible offering from the Gedeo Zone, in the Yirgacheffe District of Ethiopia.  This coffee, a regional lot sourced from 650 smallholder growers  was processed naturally on raised beds at the Aricha mill owned by Cherab na Betesebu and his family. We loved this coffee from the very first sample roast.  It's a sweet and fruity coffee--in many ways epitomizing an Ethiopian coffee.  We taste blackberry, plum, and grape, with a wonderful sweet finish, particularly as the cup cools.  We occasionally taste a wonderful, floral flavor, too!  Origin: Aricha mill, Gedeo Zone, Yirgacheffe District, Ethiopia Farmer: 650 smallholder family farms Process: Natural, fully dried on raised beds Varieties: Indigenous heirloom cultivars Altitude: 1,900 - 2100 masl What we taste: blackberry, plum, grape