Worka Chelbessa - Honey - 2024

Origin

• 🇪🇹 Ethiopia· Yirgacheffe

Tasting notes

Character

• Sweet

This 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. processed Reserve Lot comes from the celebrated Worka Chelbessa 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. located in Ethiopia’s Gedeo zone. While not produced in the woreda of Yirgacheffe proper, coffees like this one from the Gedeo zone are often grouped under the broader regional distinction of Yirgacheffe. The cup profile of coffees from this region are subtly distinct from the many coffees on our menus from Guji or Agaro, but they are no less exceptional. In this particular lot we taste juicyAcidityThe 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. fruit flavors of cherry, peach, and melon candy, as well as subtle florals in the finish.