ETHIOPIA

Ethiopia – Yirgacheffe – Biloya

PEACH · HONEY · SMOOTH

Starting at $23.00

Return to the source of your joy with beans from the birthplace of coffee. These beans are grown in the ancient coffee forests of Ethiopia’s Yirgacheffe region and light-roasted in small batches in Gainesville, Florida. They create a cup with smooth body that carries the sweet aroma of honey and peaches.

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    Coffee grown in the many districts and kebeles of the Gedeo Zone is often referred to as Heirloom varieties, many of which were propagated and distributed to farmers in the last 40 years. Trees grow in red brown fertile soil under the shade of many tree species including Bibira, Cordia Africana, and the subsistence crop Ensete ventricosum. In the southern region of Ethiopia, farmers pick coffee selectively, harvesting only ripe cherries individually by hand. Pickers rotate among the trees every eight to ten days, choosing only the cherries which are at peak ripeness. Many pickers average approximately 100 to 200 pounds of coffee cherries a day, which will produce 20 to 40 pounds of coffee beans. Each worker’s daily haul is carefully weighed, and each picker is paid on the merit of his or her work. The day’s harvest is then transported to the processing plant.

    • Producer : Smallholder contributors to Biloya washing station
    • Process : Washed
    • Altitude : 1850 masl
    • Varietal : Kurume, Dega, Wolisho
    • Cupping Notes: Honey, Peach, Smooth
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