MEDIUM ROAST

10oz. whole bean coffee

Washed Process

Desta Gola cultivated this single farmer lot on his 10-acre farm near the town of Gorbota located in the heart of the coveted Gedeo grow Zone. Desta has been cultivating coffee since 2013 and with the help of the single lot program he has been able to sell his coffee as a micro-lot in recent years. Coffee is Desta’s main source of income to support his wife and their nine children (6 girls and 3 boys). Ripe cherries for this washed processed coffee were taken to the Adame Garbota Cooperative where Desta is a member.

At the cooperative the coffee cherries are carefully hand sorted and floated to remove less dense coffee beans, then depulped, fermented for 48 hours, and washed. The coffee is then placed on raised beds where it is hand sorted again and dried over a period of 12 to 15 days. The coffee is often covered during the afternoons to prevent harsh drying in the intense sun. When the coffee reaches 11 percent moisture content, it is transported to Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, to be milled and prepared for export.

Flavor
A wonderful example of a darker toned Ethiopian with a chocolaty side. A fuller body than most Ethiopian coffees with lower acidity and complex darker tones. Great as espresso.