ETHIOPIAN COFFEE, Yirgacheffe, Gotiti – Natural

Refined. Creamed Lime. Fudge

Located just south of Yirgacheffe, Gedeb is in Gedeo Zone. This coffee is called “Yirgacheffe” because of its flavour profile as coffees grown in this area are siblings to those grown in Yirgacheffe.

Most coffees grown in Gedeb are also called Ethiopian heirloom. Gedeb district is home to thousands of coffee farming families producing some of the most incredible coffees in the world. Most farmers in the region farm on fewer than 5 hectares (many counting their coffee farms in terms of trees rather than area).

Cultivation methods remain traditional. Coffee is grown as part of an integrated ‘coffee garden’ and intercropped with other food crops. In addition to remaining traditionally intercropped, most farms are also organic-by-default.

Ripe cherries are delivered to wet-mill where they are floated for defects, graded, and then placed on raised African beds, coffee is shaded between 12-3pm and turned frequently for steady drying until it reaches 11.5% in around 20-30days.

Region: Yirgacheffe, Gedeb
Producer: Collection of small farms
Altitude: 1800 – 2000 masl
Varietal: Heirloom varieties
Processing: Natural