Nano Challa, Ethiopia

Origin

• 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
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In western Oromia there is a small region known as the Gera District. Back in 2004, just after Ethiopia started relaxing the regulation of their coffee exchange, the local producers of this area organized themselves into a cooperative to better market and export their amazing coffees to roasters around the world. Calling themselves Nano Challa, the cooperative is now over 400 growers strong. The coffees from the Nano Challa cooperative hail from traditionally grown 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. varieties, cultivated under some of the last remaining rainforest canopies in Ethiopia. This lot is a 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, showcasing all of the clean complexity this coffee has to offer. Look for a balanced, structured cup with complex sweetness, florality, and pleasant herbal notes. Now available in a filter roastEspresso / omni roastAn 'espresso roast' is developed further for extraction under pressure; an 'omni roast' is profiled to work for both espresso and filter from one bag., Nano Challa is emblematic of the best we find in Ethiopian small-lot coffees.