ILSE - Habtamu Fikadu Aga - Kurume, Dega - Washed - Ethiopia 250g

Screaming ripe peach and apricot with notes of lemon lime, jasmine, melon and white tea

• Variety: Kurme, Dega
• Process: Washed
• Country: Ethiopia
• Region: Gedeb, Danche Kebele
• Altitude: 1900-2100 MASL
• Producer: Habtamu Fikadu Aga (separated lot from cherries delivered by 160 smallholder farmers)
• Tasting Notes: ripe peach, apricot, lemon lime, jasmine, melon, white tea

About the Variety
The main varieties grown are Kurme and Dega.

Production
Habtamu Fikadu Aga is a coffee producer and exporter managing multiple washing stations within Ethiopia. This lot comes from a separation of cherries delivered by 160 smallholder farmers living within the Danche Kebele in Gedeb. Cherries are collected at peak ripeness. Once sorted they are depulped and the seeds are submerged in water and fermented for 48-72 hours. The seeds are then fermented in water again for another 12 hours. Following this stage the seeds are rinsed thoroughly and moved to drying tables where they are dried on raised beds for 10-12 days.

Roaster Notes
This cup is screaming ripe peach and apricot along with notes of lemon lime, jasmine, melon and white tea. Coffee from Danche always impresses, and this lot is no exception. Habtamu is doing exciting work, furthering traceability by separating out these town specific lots, allowing us to taste coffee from one specific place. This marks our first year buying coffee from Habtamu and we hope to continue working together and go even deeper with lot traceability.