Organic Ethiopia Natural Yirgacheffe

Country: EthiopiaRegion: Gotiti, YirgacheffeVarietal: HeriloomProcess: NaturalAltitude: 2,200 - 2,300 MASLCupping Notes: Peach, Pink Lemonade, Strawberry, Milk Chocolate Description: The region where the Banko Gotiti washing station lies is on the edge of the Yirgacheffe growing region, bordering Guji. This area produces some of the most vibrant cups in the country, and this natural is one of those. Coffee growers who deliver to this station farm largely organically, using very little or no fertilizer and pesticides. Most farmers also intercrop their coffees trees with other foods to make the most use of their often very small farms, typically 1/2 hectare. Banko Gotiti pays a premium to ensure only ripe cherries are delivered to their station, and coffee is hand sorted upon arriving to the station. Drying a natural at the station is done slowly on raised beds, roughly 20 days depending on weather conditions, which is great for the stability of the green coffee. At the impressive eleva