Ethiopia Chelbesa Danche - Washed

Orange and tart cherry, with rose on the nose.

A washed Ethiopian named for the Danche washing station in Gedeb, where about 800 smallholders, each farming two or three hectares at 2,200 metres, bring their cherry. This lot was floated, pulped, fermented dry for 96 hours, washed and dried on raised beds for 12 to 14 days. In the cup: layered orange and tart cherry, with a rose aroma.

Coffee Details

• Tasting notes: Orange, Tart Cherry, Rose
• Origin: Danche, Gedeb, Ethiopia
• Producer: About 800 smallholders, Danche washing station
• Altitude: 2,200 masl
• Variety: Kurume & Wolisho
• Process: Washed
• Roast level: Light, by our shelf grading
• Best for: Filter
• Roaster: Prodigal Coffee, Colorado

About Prodigal Coffee

Prodigal is Scott Rao and Mark Benedetto's roastery in Colorado. Rao wrote The Coffee Roaster's Companion, and the roastery releases at least one new coffee every week alongside two house blends, Boulder Blend and Milk Blend Espresso.

Pre-order for the 9 November roast

Order by 8 November to be on this batch. Prodigal roast our order on Monday 9 November, the beans reach us about a week later, and your bag ships that same week. We never promise a delivery date; the final courier leg is not ours to guarantee.