Ethiopian 'Sulladjah' Abana Estate | Natural

Origin

• 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

Tasting notes

Character

• Sweet
  25
• Funky
  20

Tasting NotesTasting notesThe flavors a roaster perceives in the cup — 'jasmine, apricot, black tea'. Descriptive associations, not ingredients: nothing is added to the coffee.: Fruit, plums, cherries, chocolate and strawberries, silky bodyBodyThe weight and texture of coffee in the mouth, from tea-like and delicate to syrupy and heavy. Driven by process, roast, variety, and brew method. & apricot acidityAcidityThe 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. Recipes : Espresso: 1:2.5 Filter: 1:17 Farm: Abana Estate VarietyVariety (cultivar)The botanical subtype of the coffee plant — Gesha, Bourbon, SL28 — analogous to grape varieties in wine. A major driver of cup character alongside origin and process.: Ethiopian heirloomHeirloom (Ethiopia)A catch-all label for Ethiopia's thousands of indigenous, largely uncatalogued coffee varieties — used when a lot's exact genetics are unknown. Process: 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. Region: Limmu Altitude: 2100-2200 masl Michael and Chris Omran literally grew up in their parents cafes in the Bay area. For the better part of the past 25 years their father has been passionately involved in humanitarian aid and development projects in poverty stricken areas of the Middle East and Africa. His travels took him to Ethiopia and he saw that some of the most beautiful and perfect coffee growing areas were very impoverished. Abana is a family owned business and started as a result of their passion for coffee and community. Since they are coffee lovers and care about people, the Omran family decided to start a coffee farm in Ethiopia! This coffee is an exceptionally complex coffee from the Limmu region. “Sulladjah” is the name that was given to the highest part of the farm at around 2,200 masl. This is where a community of people live and work that area of the farm. It is an extraordinary place with forest and a natural spring straight out of the mountain side that creates a little water fall.