The story
This lot comes from Limu, in Ethiopia's southwestern highlands, where coffee is still grown the old way: in small family gardens, under the shade of native trees. Most farms here are under two hectares.
The trees are heirloom landraces, grown at 1,500 to 2,200 metres across Kaffa and Illubabor. At harvest, from September to January, the cherries go to local washing stations, many of them community-owned, where they're fully washed and then sun-dried.
Green apple comes first, then black tea, with a soft milk chocolate finish. We roast it for filter.
Tasting notes: Green Apple - Black Tea - Milk Chocolate
Region: Limu, Kaffa & Illubabor
Varietals: Heirloom landraces
Altitude: 1500-2200 MASL
Process: Fully washed, sun-dried
Brew guide
How we'd brew it.
Our recommended recipes. A starting point, not a rulebook.
Espresso
- Dose
- 22g
- Yield
- 40g
- Brew time
- 26–28 sec
Filter (V60)
- Dose
- 15g
- Yield
- 250ml
- Brew time
- 2:15–2:45
- Water
- 92°C
V60, step by step
- RinseRinse the paper filter with hot water, then tip that water out.
- BloomAdd 15g of medium-coarse coffee, start the timer and pour 50ml to wet all the grounds.
- PourAt 0:30, pour 100ml in slow circles.
- FinishOnce it drains, pour the last 100ml. Aim to finish between 2:15 and 2:45.
- AdjustRunning too fast? Grind finer. Too slow? Grind coarser.
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