Sharbo Maro

Origin

• 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

Tasting notes

Character

• Bright
  30
• Clean
  20

Purchasing coffee from a single farmer in Ethiopia is not unprecedented, but it remains relatively rare. Sharbo Maro is a member of Jabanto, a group formed in 2017 to make use of Ethiopia’s policy allowing smallholderSmallholderA 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. farmers to independently export and sell their own coffees. Sharbo is one of a few Jabanto members with the infrastructure to wash coffee, making this offering all the more uncommon. The process accentuates sweet flavors of black tea, delicate floral notes, and a sparkling acidityAcidityThe 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. reminiscent of limeade. Pronunciation: SHAR-boh MAR-oh