Ethiopia, Ayla Bombe (Natural)

Taste Profile: Fresh jasmine, milk chocolate and dried berry flavors with winey acidity and candy-like sweetness.

Washing Station	Ayla Bombe
Process	Natural
Variety	Heirloom Ethiopian Varieties
Elevation	2000 MASL
Region	Bombe, Sidama
Country	Ethiopia
Harvest	November - January

Taster pack:100g

Kraft bag: 250g

Eco cans:240g

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Farm level story

Testi Ayla Washing Station was founded in 2010 and became part of the Testi group in 2016. It now serves about 375 smallholder farmers in the village of Bombe in Sidama, near the Bombe Mountain. Producers here own an average of 2.5 hectares and grow varieties such as Mikicho and Setami, which are local coffees.

Coffees in Ethiopia are typically grown on very small plots of land by farmers who also grow other crops. The majority of smallholders will deliver their coffee in cherry to a nearby washing station or central processing unit, where their coffee will be sorted, weighed, and paid for or given a receipt. Coffee is then processed, usually washed or natural, by the washing station and dried on raised beds.

The washing stations serve as many as several hundred to sometimes a thousand or more producers, who deliver cherry throughout the harvest season: The blending of these cherries into day lots makes it virtually impossible under normal circumstances to know precisely whose coffee winds up in which bags on what day, making traceability to the producer difficult. We do, however, make every available effort to source coffee from the same washing stations every year, through our export partners and their connections with mills and washing stations.

Typically farmers in this region don't have access to and therefore do not utilize fertilizers or pesticides in the production of coffee. 

Sourced by Cafe Imports Europe.

Brewing

Roasted for filter.

Reviews

"I never enjoyed these fruity coffees, however this one was a nice surprise to my coffee cup"- Torbjorn.