ETHIOPIA HAMBELA NATURAL #1086

Curator's Notes

Fun fact: this third-generation coffee farm was founded by Ethiopia’s first female WWII pilot, and their workforce is 70% women. You’ll love the fresh-baked berry pie flavors in this organic cup, within a round, honeyed body. It’s aces!

Roaster's Notes

Hambela is one of the best-known coffee farms in the world. Three brothers - Aman, Michael, and Tariku Adinew - own Hambela and its partnering exporter operation, METAD. METAD is an incredible Ethiopian coffee company that specializes in high-end specialty coffee. This is our first-ever offering from the region of Guji, where Hambela Farm is located. The farm once belonged to the Adinew brothers' parents, and had been abandoned for decades until they invested in and reclaimed the family tradition of coffee farming. The farm is certified organic, and the brothers have a tremendous heart for people and quality coffee. When visiting the cupping lab in Addis Ababa at METAD's HQ, we spent two days blind cupping their offerings before selecting our favorite lots from this year's harvest. This lot, lot 215, was one of those selections and is a natural processed coffee where the ripe coffee cherries dry on the seeds in the full sun for over a month, penetrating deep fruity flavors into the coffee bean. We purchased 30 bags of the 180 bags produced of this lot.