Ethiopia | Riripa | Heirloom | Natural

Origin

• 🇪🇹 Ethiopia· Sidama

Tasting notes

Character

• Funky
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Region: Nensebo , West Arsi, Oromia Elevation: 1900-2200 masl About: From the highlands of Ethiopia’s West Arsi zone comes this exceptional naturally processed coffee, produced by 822 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 in the village of Riripa, Nensebo woreda. Grown at 1,900–2,200 meters above sea level, these locally selected LandraceHeirloom (Ethiopia)A catch-all label for Ethiopia's thousands of indigenous, largely uncatalogued coffee varieties — used when a lot's exact genetics are unknown. and JARC varieties benefit from slow maturation, developing dense beans with extraordinary clarity and complexity. Farmers deliver ripe, handpicked cherries to SNAP’s Riripa 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., operated by renowned coffee producer Negusse Debela. Here, cherries are meticulously sorted before undergoing traditional 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. processing. They are dried on raised beds, turned frequently for even drying, and carefully covered during the hottest hours and at night to protect quality. West Arsi, once part of the Sidama region, is now celebrated in its own right for bright, floral, and sweetly layered coffees. The area’s Oromo farming communities cultivate coffee on small garden plots, using traditional, chemical-free methods passed down through generations.