Ethiopian Yirgacheffe

The Story

Yirgacheffe is where coffee's story begins—the Kaffa forests of southern Ethiopia, where Coffea arabica still grows wild. Our lot comes from washing stations in the Gedeo Zone, where thousands of garden farmers deliver hand-picked cherries from heirloom varieties that have never been formally catalogued. After 36-hour fermentation in stone tanks, beans are washed in channels fed by highland springs and dried slowly on raised beds. The result is ethereal: tea-like body, pronounced jasmine and honeysuckle florals, bright lemon acidity, and a bergamot finish that evokes Earl Grey. Certified organic by the Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union.