Ethiopia | Halo Beriti | Heirloom | Washed

Origin

• 🇪🇹 Ethiopia· Yirgacheffe

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
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Region: Gedeb, Gedeo, SNNPR Elevation: 2150 masl About: Nestled in Ethiopia’s celebrated Yirgacheffe region, Halo Beriti 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 been a hub 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. excellence since 2014. Serving over 750 local farmers, the station receives ripe coffee cherries grown on tiny garden plots, often intercropped with other food crops and cultivated without the use of fertilizers or pesticides. Here, tradition meets precision. Farmers deliver handpicked cherries to the station, where they’re carefully sorted, weighed, and either paid for on the spot or given a receipt. Coffees are then expertly processed, 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. or 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., and dried on raised beds to preserve their vibrant character. Ethiopia holds a legendary place in coffee history, not just as the birthplace of Arabica, but as a culture where coffee is woven into daily life. Unlike many producing countries, coffee here wasn’t introduced through colonisation; it grew wild in forests, was adopted into households, and eventually traded. That deep-rooted relationship with coffee shines through in every cup; floral, complex, and unmistakably Ethiopian.