Ethiopia Organic Bombe Natural – Medium Roast

Description

This coffee from Colombia is harvested from November to January by hand. It has a light acidity and a heavy body, with typical Ethiopian flavor notes. It is organically produced and sourced from Testi Ayla Washing Station. This washing station was founded in 2010 and became part of the Testi group in 2016. It now serves about 375 smallholder farmers in the village of Bombe in Sidama, near the Bombe Mountain. Producers here own an average of 2.5 hectares and grow varieties such as Mikicho and Setami, which are local coffees.

Coffees in Ethiopia are typically grown on very small plots of land by farmers who also grow other crops. The majority of smallholders will deliver their coffee in cherry to a nearby washing station or central processing unit, where their coffee will be sorted, weighed, and paid for or given a receipt. Coffee is then processed, usually washed or natural, by the washing station and dried on raised beds.

The washing stations serve as many as several hundred to sometimes a thousand or more producers, who deliver cherry throughout the harvest season: The blending of these cherries into day lots makes it virtually impossible under normal circumstances to know precisely whose coffee winds up in which bags on what day, making traceability to the producer difficult. We do, however, make every available effort to source coffee from the same washing stations every year, through our export partners and their connections with mills and washing stations.

Typically farmers in this region don’t have access to and therefore do not utilize fertilizers or pesticides in the production of coffee. 

Roast level: Medium
Flavors: Grapefruit, toffee & jasmine
Region: Sidama, Ethiopia
Farm: Ayla Bombe washing station
Altitude: 2.000m
Variety: Native heirloom varieties
Process: Natural
Perfect for: All brewing methods