Ethiopia Washed Faysel Abdosh Duwancho Village Single-Day Lot

250g bag of whole bean coffee.

Origin: Ethiopia

Region: Sidama

Process: Washed

Elevation: 2100-2200

Notes: Oolong tea, hibiscus, pomegranate, maple

After a run of funky, fruity, in-your-face offerings from the Cosmic Curations line here's something a little different. A washed Ethiopia that is exquisitely clean, sweet, and subtle yet bright.

This coffee all comes from a single-day's harvest. This particular lot uses only cherry from Duwancho farmers 2100-2200 meters in altitude, harvested on a single day. Cherry was brought to the station by the farmers and hand-sorted upon arrival. Within 6-8 hours of harvest the cherry was depulped and then fermented in an open tank for 48 hours. Once fermentation was complete the parchment was washed completely clean of its mucilage by raking it in a long open channel with fresh running water. Drying took place on raised beds under a parabolic shade net, to allow for slow, even moisture removal and utmost protection of the coffee’s parchment.   

This is a low intervention washed coffee from Sidama, Ethiopia, produced by smallholder farmers organized around Faysel Abdosh’s Duwancho coffee processing station. This single day lot from Testi Trading is one such coffee: a single picking day’s worth of cherry picked in the Arbegona district, one of Sidama’s highest possible elevations, processed separately with extra attention to eliminating imperfections.