Ethiopia – Bensa Shantawene Natural

Origin

• 🇪🇹 Ethiopia· Bensa

Tasting notes

Character

• Funky

Grown at the base of Bombe Mountain, this 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. lot brings together ripe cherries from producers across Shantawene Village. Dried whole on raised beds and processed by the Dukamo family’s award-winning mill, it produces a remarkably clean, complex cup filled with vivid tropical fruit. Cultivated at the base of Bombe Mountain, this coffee was picked in ripe cherry form and dried on raised beds inside the fruit, also known as natural processing. Fresh, clean tropical fruit that embosses itself on the palate. This is a clean, unapologetic fruit forward coffee that will expand your view on what coffee can taste like. Shantawene Village is located in the Bensa District of Sidama, Ethiopia. This natural lot is a collection of coffees from the village, produced at the local mill run by the Dukamo Family. The mill at Shantawene Village has become quite successful–taking 7th place in the inaugural Cup of ExcellenceCup of Excellence (COE)A national competition and auction that identifies a country's best lots each year; winning 'COE' lots command dramatic price premiums. competition for Ethiopia. We think you’ll enjoy this complex, fruit-forward Ethiopian coffee!