Ethiopia, Layo Teraga

A delicate coffee with floral aromatics, confectionery-like sweetness, and a juicy and fruity complexity. 

Founded in 1976, the Layo Teraga cooperative provides a path for local smallholder farmers to gain access to the coffee market. Located in northern Uraga in the Guji zone of Ethiopia, the 1,841 smallholder members of the Layo Teraga cooperative grow coffee in gardens around their homes in semi-forested environments at staggeringly high elevations of 2,342 MASL (meters above sea level).

Farmers pick their ripe cherries and deliver to the Layo Teraga washing station where they are pulped and undergo a single fermentation of just 45 hours. The beans are then spread on raised beds to dry for 12 days before being prepared for export. 

We selected this coffee from a tasting kit from our importing partner, Crop to Crop, who's been working with Layo Teraga since 2013. This coffee stood out to us due to it being such an approachable Ethiopian coffee. And we look forward to continuing to source from the Layo Teraga cooperative.