Ethiopia - West Arsi - Washed

Origin

• 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
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Nestled among the rolling highlands of West Arsi, the Testi 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. has become a trusted source of some of Ethiopia’s most expressive coffees. Since its establishment in 2010, Testi has worked closely with hundreds of 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 across the region, transforming carefully harvested cherries into coffees that showcase the remarkable character of Ethiopian terroirTerroirBorrowed from wine: the way a place — soil, altitude, climate, even neighboring crops — expresses itself in the cup, independent of variety and process.. Approximately 850 producers contribute to this lot, each cultivating coffee on small family-owned plots surrounded by food crops and native vegetation. During harvest, ripe cherries are handpicked and delivered to the washing station, where they undergo meticulous 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. processing before being dried slowly on raised beds beneath the Ethiopian sun. Although coffees from Ethiopia are rarely traceable to an individual producer, the strength of the relationship between farmers and washing stations like Testi allows exceptional quality to emerge year after year.