Ethiopia - Duwancho

Origin

• 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

Tasting notes

Character

• Funky
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From the lush highlands of Bombe Village, neighboring Daye Bensa’s renowned Gatta Farm, Duwancho is an excellent example of Sidama Bensa’s terroirTerroirBorrowed from wine: the way a place — soil, altitude, climate, even neighboring crops — expresses itself in the cup, independent of variety and process.. Grown at 1,920–2,020 metres above sea level, the cool, elevated climate slows cherry maturation, allowing beans to develop density, sweetness, and concentrated flavour. Cherries are hand-picked at peak ripeness, floated to remove any underripe fruit, and carefully dried on raised African beds for 14–18 days. After drying, they are hulled locally and transported to Addis Ababa for final sorting and grading, ensuring quality from farm to cup. The result is a vibrant, clean, and naturally sweet coffee with blueberry, 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. lychee, and bright lemongrass notes. Layered, expressive, and complex, Duwancho NaturalNatural processThe whole cherry is dried with the fruit still on the seed. Gives heavier body and big fruit flavors — think berries and wine — sometimes with a fermenty edge. captures the essence of Sidama Bensa.