Nothing brings us more pleasure than a fruity and clean Ethiopian that reminds of Blueberries with sweet Florality. This bean right here by Basha Bekele is an absolute stunner and yet another great example of gorgeous Natural Ethiopian.

The 74125 varietal is processed in 3 drying stations (Kokose, Bombe, Shantawane). Cherry is collected, floated, then dried 18 days in the sun on raised beds (27-30 days under shade for anaerobics and experimental lots)

Basha’s father—also a community man who with Basha built a church for the community at their site in Bombe—was once a manager for a co-op in Bombe that supplied coffee to the Sidama Union. Before the government made it possible for smallholders to obtain export licenses, both he and his father sold their cherry to the cooperative. Basha now has his own export license and grows coffee (primarily 74158, known locally as “Walega”) in semi-forested plots on 12 hectares in addition to operating collection sites in Bombe, Shantawane, and Kokose—collecting cherry from producers
growing coffee as high as 2300 masl. While cherry prices were high this year, Basha maintained a
practice we didn’t see everywhere: delivering a second payment to the 126 producers he bought cherry from once the coffee sold. Like most smallholders around Bensa, Basha exclusively produces dry processes—which includes experiments with anaerobic styles of fermentation—and practices cherry flotation before drying his coffee slowly on raised beds (with some preparations drying under shade).

This gorgeous coffee reminds us of Blueberry, Blackberry, Peach, Florals

Transparency:

We paid Crop to Cup : $29/kg cad

Roasted Cost: $33.50/kg cad