ETHIOPIA BUKISSA YIRGACHEFFE #1272

Curator's Notes

A bouquet of Bukissa! Ethiopia is where coffee was first discovered, and washed coffees from Yirgacheffe have a regional signature just like Champagne. Enjoy this classic, fruity-floral cup; let it remind you to stop and smell the bloom.

Roaster's Notes

The Gelana Abaya washing station was established in 2019 and is moving quickly. It already buys coffee from 1200 individual farmer families and is distributing exercise books, computers and sanitation materials to schools in the area. Fully washed coffee at Gelana Abaya is inspected upon delivery and then depulped and fermented for 24 hours under water. Once fermentation is complete, parchment is scrubbed clean and transported to raised beds to dry in the sun. Coffee dries very quickly in this area, requiring only a few days of sun exposure to complete the process. Once parchment is fully dried it is stored in sacks on site for extra conditioning. This is particularly important as short drying periods tend to result in uneven moisture distribution and higher water activity, and a long rest allows the remaining moisture to balance and bond better within the seed. Sibu Coffee is working toward building an organic coffee estate for centralized production. This would allow them to produce coffee themselves from start to finish, as well as continue to process coffee from surrounding smallholders. Doing so would generally have a larger impact in their area, not only as a processor but also as a large employer and large scale example of best practices. Growers: 1200 farmers organized around the Gelana Abaya washing station Variety: Indigenous cultivars Region: Bukissa town, Abaya district, Oromia Region, Ethiopia Altitude:1800– 2200 masl Process: Fully washed and dried on raised beds