Modor Shantawene - Natural

TASTING NOTES: elderberry | lemon | black tea PROCESS: Natural COUNTRY: Ethiopia REGION:  Modor Shantawene, Bensa Sidama MORE ABOUT THIS COFFEE: Pretty aromas, juicy sweetness, lemon brightness with a black tea-like finish.   If you've enjoyed our Modor Shantawene washed coffee - you're in luck. From the same collection of farms and processing station, we're happy to present the same coffee, but which underwent a different processing technique at the farm. One is a 'washed' processed coffee, the other is a 'natural' process. For coffee nerds like us, the difference between the two coffees is surprising and fun to experience. Like siblings from the same parents, they are related but also unique. What is processing and why does this matter?  In shorthand, some of the variables that influence coffee flavor involve the specific methods for how the coffee fruit (aka, coffee cherry) is removed from the seed (aka, coffee bean) and the different ways fruit removal, water application, sunshine