Muda Tatesa, Ethiopia

Origin

• 🇪🇹 Ethiopia· Guji

Tasting notes

Character

• Funky
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At some of Ethiopia’s most extreme altitudes lies Guji’s Uraga region, a dense, mountainous forest that spans almost a thousand miles. Within this immense forest lies an array of distinct subregions, where we source some of the most extraordinary and sought-after coffees we see anywhere in the world. Uraga coffees are profoundly nuanced with a piquant florality and a bright, complex 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. like lime and bergamot backed by stone fruit sweetness like ripe peach. When we taste Guji coffees, we look for that taste that we describe as almost scallion-like when fresh, which ripens into that unparalleled florality on arrival. This year, we’re even more excited about Uraga due a new offering from a very esteemed producer: Dagne Chomen of Welichu Wachu. Dagne is from Wollega, which is Oromo territory and lies closer to the Sudan border. Through his time with the Oromia Union he worked extensively in Guji, which is also Oromo territory. He has an intuitive and specific understanding of Uraga, which lies at the center of Guji, and built his centralized 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 an area called Muda Tatesa that sources from elevations as high as 2300 masl. While he purchases some of the best coffee cherries in Uraga to process and sell as his own, this lot is sourced directly from coffee grown in the area of Muda Tatesa where the mill is located. Dagne’s is a stickler for process and the coffees are perfect. This 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. offering is a classic representation of the best of the flavors of Uraga. Equally tropical and floral this offering is both an easy drinker and layered with depth – look for flavors of mango, coconut and the aroma of violets. This coffee was grown in the dense, mountainous forests of Ethiopia that are home to some of the most extraordinary and sought-after coffees in the world. This special lot of Ethiopian 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. coffee was sundried and processed in the 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. style. The resulting coffee is profoundly nuanced with a heavy floral aroma, intense and complex acidity,