Ethiopia Chelbesa

Origin

• 🇪🇹 Ethiopia· Gedeb

Tasting notes

Character

• Bright
  30
• Clean
  20
• Funky
  20

Producer: Various 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. Origin: Gedeb, Woreda, Gedeo Varietal: 74110, 741112 Altitude: 1900-2200 metres above sea level Process: 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. Flavours: Blueberry, Blood Orange, Yellow Plum, Dark Chocolate, Jasmine Cup Score: 86.75 Harvest: Nov- Dec Importer: Falcon Coffees Where is it from? Ethiopia is regarded as the birthplace of coffee. The legend of Kaldi, the goat herder that allegedly discovered the effects of the bright red cherries growing wild in the Ethiopian forest, is pervasive. The legend likely bears some resemblance to the truth despite the dramatisation added in the telling of the tale. The fact that Coffee is native to Ethiopia is indisputable, this becomes clear when one walks into the famous forest coffee plantations. Growing happily amongst the native forest are the healthiest and happiest coffee trees you’ll see anywhere in the world. Organic production is widespread in Ethiopia where in many countries this is completely unviable due to pervasive disease. It may be the diversity afforded by the forest growing environment slows the spread of disease. There are many contributing factors to the uniqueness of Ethiopian coffee ranging from the growing systems to the diversity of varieties. The result is a country filled with coffee that is of some of the best quality in the world. Located in Gedeo zone of the Gedeb district, Worka Chelbesa is one of the finest coffee producing areas within the famous Gedeb Woreda. Known for its dense layered semi forest vegetation structure encompassing false banana trees and shade-grown coffee trees, Chelbesa is a great example of coffee growing agroecology. SNAP Specialty Coffee built their new wet millWashing 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. in 2019 in a small hamlet called Danche within the Chelbesa Village with the hope of reaching out to purchase exclusively red cherries from the nearby farmers in Chelbesa Village. Their ambition became a reality after the completion of the project. The fermentation tanks of the wet mill are ceramic which will help