Landrace - Washed - Getachew Zeleke

Origin

• 🇪🇹 Ethiopia· Guji

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
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Tastes Like: White Peach, Iced Tea, Citrus Origin: Getachew Zeleke, Tero Farm, Guji, 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 and other local varieties Producer: Dimtu coffee Industry PLC Elevation: 2,000-2,200 masl Process: 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. Some of our favorite people and Coffee started with the numbers. Getachew’s career in coffee began as an accountant - a bean counter. After saving up his birr, he was able to purchase some land in Addis Ababa as an investment property. In 2008, amidst a rise in urban real-estate, he sold the property. The proceeds from that sale allowed him to purchase land in Shakisso - and in 2009, he started planting coffee. That was the beginning of Dimtu, Getachew would harvest his own plants - and became a cherry buyer (registered to collect from outgrowers) - and began selling his dried cherry to the ECX. In 2016 - turning toward specialty, Getachew registered Dimtu PLC, (previous exporting under the more commercially oriented Almaz), now with his own farm, a 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. that he built as well - he was focused on quality coffees from Guji’s highlands. Frustrated with the speed and quality of dry milling, Getachew built a dry mill - and he’s now able to have agency over his coffee and qualities from cherry, to export. This is the level of detail-orientation and process control that we love - it’s demonstrative of a true commitment to quality. This is why we love the bean counters. Thank you, Getachew - its an honor to be working with a consummate professional.