Ethiopia - Bona Zuria Washed - Archived

Origin

• 🇪🇹 Ethiopia· Yirgacheffe

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
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Bona Zuria 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. is located in Bona Zuria village where the towering altitudes of 2,000 to 2,330 meters above sea level make the ideal conditions for coffee cultivation. This altitude used to be too high for coffee cultivation but recent changes in temperature from climate change has made it possible to grow coffee here. The Bensa zone in Sidamo has been making the quality headlines the past few years. Bona is located in that same highland as the well known Bombe region. Coffees from the Bona Zuria district stand out for their brightness and intensity. They have a unique flavor profile that can hold its own against the famed locations in Yirgacheffe. One theory to explain this quality status states that coffee cultivation in these highland regions took off only recently, with plantations dating back 10 years.The coffee trees are in their prime now and producing good yields with high quality coffee. The general picture for these broader regions shows harvest and quality following strong on and off cycles because of lacking agricultural practices. These younger plantations in the Bona area help bring back the glorious bright and floral cup quality that Ethiopia is so often associated with. Many would say that the strength of Sidamo coffees lies in the regions’ diversity of profiles. The many microclimates and varying soil types lead to striking differences from town to town. But across all Sidamo coffees is a profound complexity that many attribute to the diversity of local 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. varieties. Varieties can differ from town to town and even farm to farm where each farmer may have more than one unique 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. seldom or never found outside their plot.