ETHIOPIA KAYON MOUNTAIN

We roast to order and date each bag. Orders are roasted and shipped Monday - Thursday. And sometimes Fridays.

• Roast Level: Light
  Aroma: Lavender, Berry, Stone Fruit
  Flavor: Mixed Berry, Watermelon, Orange, Lavender, Chocolate
  Acidity: Nectarine, Pomegranate
  Body: Jammy
  Finish: Cherry, Lime, Amaretto, Toffee

• Farm: Kayon Mountain Farm
  Region: Shakiso, East Guji, Guji
  Altitude: 1900 - 2200 MASL
  Varietals: Heirloom Ethiopian Varieties
  Harvest: November - January
  Production Method: Natural

• A big, fruit-loaded natural from Guji, and an old friend back on the shelf. Lavender and berry jump out of the bag with stone fruit right behind, and the cup delivers: mixed berry, watermelon and orange, with lavender and a chocolate base holding it all together. Nectarine and pomegranate acidity, a jammy body, and a long finish of cherry, lime, amaretto and toffee.

  Kayon Mountain is a 500-hectare farm, about 300 of them planted in coffee, owned and run by Ismael Hassen Aredo and his family since 2012. It sits in the Shakiso district of Guji, some 510 km south of Addis Ababa, straddling the villages of Taro and Sewana. Ismael keeps 25 people on year-round and about 300 at harvest. Because the farm competes with a nearby mining village for workers, the family pays pickers above the going rate so they come back season after season, and the farm provides free transportation and helps fund local schools. The coffee grows under acacia and other native shade trees, which also supply the compost that fertilizes it, and new plants come from an on-site nursery. Ismael is meticulous about picking and processing, and the farm produces both washed and natural lots. This is the natural.