Samii Lalesa

Origin

Tasting notes

Character

• Funky
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Samii Lalesa is grown by smallholderSmallholderA farmer growing coffee on a small family plot — often under two hectares. Most of the world's coffee is grown this way, typically pooled at cooperatives or washing stations. farmers surrounding the Alemayehu Tilahun 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 Lalesa. The landscape is densely planted with layered vegetation - coffee grows beneath shade trees, including the distinctive ‘false banana,’ creating a 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. canopy that protects both soil and plant life. This semi-forest style of farming reflects longstanding agricultural traditions in Gedeo, where coffee forms part of a diverse agroecosystem that improves soil health and contributes to the steady, slow maturation of coffee cherries.