Ethiopia - Chelchele Bildiimoo Organic

Origin

• 🇪🇹 Ethiopia· Yirgacheffe

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
  50
• Bright
  40

Ships within 24 hours of your roast dateRoast date / restingSpecialty bags carry the roast date, not a best-before. Coffee needs days to degas CO₂ after roasting ('resting') and is typically best within weeks, not months.. As a light roastLight roastRoasted just past first crack to preserve origin character: higher acidity, florals, and fruit, lighter body. The signature of Nordic-style roasting., the cup opens up beautifully 2 to 3 weeks after roasting. A bright, organic washedWashed processThe fruit is removed from the seed before drying, usually with fermentation and a water rinse. Tends to give clean, transparent cups where origin character shows clearly. Ethiopia bursting with peach iced tea and tropical fruit Chelchele Bildiimoo is a certified-organic washed coffee from the Chelchele station in Gedeb, Yirgacheffe. Grown by smallholdersSmallholderA farmer growing coffee on a small family plot — often under two hectares. Most of the world's coffee is grown this way, typically pooled at cooperatives or washing stations. at 1900 to 2100 metres and roasted light, it is delicate, juicyAcidityThe bright, lively, fruit-like sensation in coffee — praise, not a flaw. Citric sparkle, malic apple-crispness, tartaric wine notes; light roasts preserve more of it. and floral. Made for filter drinkers who love expressive, fruit-forward Ethiopian coffee. Tasting NotesTasting notesThe flavors a roaster perceives in the cup — 'jasmine, apricot, black tea'. Descriptive associations, not ingredients: nothing is added to the coffee. Peach Iced Tea · Tropical Fruit · Yoghurt Light-bodied and tea-like, with soft, sweet acidity, yellow tropical fruit and a clean, floral finish. Coffee Details Origin Gedeb, Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia Washing StationWashing stationA central mill where many smallholder farmers deliver cherry for processing. In Ethiopia, Kenya, and Rwanda the station name (e.g. Idido) often identifies the coffee. Chelchele Bildiimoo Producer 1900 to 2100 smallholder member farmers VarietyVariety (cultivar)The botanical subtype of the coffee plant — Gesha, Bourbon, SL28 — analogous to grape varieties in wine. A major driver of cup character alongside origin and process. Ethiopia LandraceHeirloom (Ethiopia)A catch-all label for Ethiopia's thousands of indigenous, largely uncatalogued coffee varieties — used when a lot's exact genetics are unknown. Processing Washed — 48 to 72h wet fermentation, dried on raised beds Altitude 1900 to 2100 metres Harvest October to January Roast Level Light Tasting Notes Peach Iced Tea, Tropical Fruit, Yoghurt About This Coffee This is one of the standout Ethiopian lots of the year — a beautiful washed coffee from the Chelchele site in the district of Gedeb. It carries an unusual, memorable profile: peach iced tea and yellow tropical fruits wrapped in a floral, fruity aroma. The Chelchele washing and dry-processing site is named after the village of Chelchele and sits at 2000 metres, processing cherry grown between 1900 and 2100 metres. It is well equipped, with 14 fermentation and washing tanks, 130 to 150 raised drying beds, and two 90,000-litre water tanks. Local smallholders deliver ripe cherries to the site, where the coffee is fermented for 48 to 72 hours and slow-dried on raised beds. The surrounding land is fertile red-brown soil, with coffee intercropped among enset, beans and avocado trees. The area averages 15.5 to 17.8°C with even rainfall of around 1404mm a year across two rainy seasons. This coffee is grown without chemicals and is certified organic. How to Brew Chelchele Bild