Landrace - Red Honey - Alo Coffee, Bona Zuria Site Outgrowers

Origin

• 🇪🇹 Ethiopia· Sidama

Tasting notes

Character

• Sweet
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Tastes Like: Apricot, Plum, Fig Origin: Bona Zuria, Sidama, Ethiopia 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.: 74110, 74112, 74158 Producer: Bona Zuria Site Elevation: 2,100-2,300 masl Process: Red HoneyHoney processThe skin is removed but some sticky fruit mucilage is left on during drying. Lands between washed and natural: more sweetness and body than washed, cleaner than natural. Alo Coffee was founded by Tamiru Tadesse in 2020 to focus on the production and export of high-quality and competition coffees from Bensa, Sidama. Tamiru, who was born in Bensa, was inspired to start the company after a friend won the Cup of ExcellenceCup of Excellence (COE)A national competition and auction that identifies a country's best lots each year; winning 'COE' lots command dramatic price premiums. in 2020. Tamiru's 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. in Alo kebele buys cherry from elevations that until recently—as a result of climate change—had been unable to support the cultivation of coffee.