ETHIOPIA | Sidama - Bona Zuria | JARC 74158 | Carbonic Maceration Natural

Origin

• 🇪🇹 Ethiopia· Sidama

Tasting notes

Character

• Experimental
  50
• Funky
  40

Sourcing coffees in Ethiopia can often look very different when compared to other countries – say in Central America, where we would ordinarily purchase directly from the producers. In Ethiopia, coffee is largely grown in small home gardens, tended to by the family. From there, producers will sell their unprocessed coffee cherries to local washing stations. This lot is compiled of coffees from over 3 2 0 producers, who all delivered their coffee to the Bona 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. in Bona Zuria , Sidama . Bona Zuria , a small sub-region in Sidama , has gained quite a reputation recently, with many high placing producers in the Ethiopian Cup of ExcellenceCup of Excellence (COE)A national competition and auction that identifies a country's best lots each year; winning 'COE' lots command dramatic price premiums. competition calling the area home. That success has been due to a combination of many different factors – amazing terroirTerroirBorrowed from wine: the way a place — soil, altitude, climate, even neighboring crops — expresses itself in the cup, independent of variety and process. and some of the highest altitude we’ve seen (up to 2,250 masl ) cannot be ignored, but hard work and dedication are equally as important. Coffee cherries attract high prices in Bona Zuria , and with those prices comes many highly skilled pickers, selecting only the ripest coffee cherries to bring to the washing stations. Experimental fermentation and processing is still quite new in Ethiopia, but the team at the Bona Washing Station are skilled. This coffee was fermented n sealed, CO2 filled tanks, for 96hrs before being dried on raised beds.