Filter: Ethiopia Limu-2 Wolemso Washed

This delicious Limu-2 coffee comes through Trabocca.  When we first had it cupped we were very happy such a lovely coffee came from Limu. We had Limu coffees in the past but the quality had gone backwards over the years. We really enjoy this lot from Wolemso farm, giving us floral aromas like lemon and stone fruits, with notes of forest fruits or berry tea like mouthfeel. Simply lovely.

The Wolemso farm produces top-quality grade one Limu coffee. This is not because of chance, every step is carefully monitored. As Shimeket says, “Quality is in the process. We have inspections at every stage. That is the only way we can make specialty coffee.” There are 120 full-time and part-time workers on the farm all year caring for and tending to the coffee trees.

This involves painstaking and time-consuming work on each individual coffee tree, as well as shade management on other trees on the farm. During harvest season, the farm hires 400-500 temporary workers to help with the harvest. After harvesting, there are inspectors on site who check each batch of cherries. “If by any chance there are cherries that have slipped through the fingers of our workers, they are weeded out here”, says Shimeket. The cherries are then washed and processed using water from the Dembi river. The river itself is fed by a spring that flows from the base of Sekar mountain a few kilometers away, meaning it is pure, untouched water that the washing station uses. After washing, the beans are slowly dried on shaded African drying beds.

Part of the Wolemso farm’s produce is also used to produce natural sundried specialty coffee at Shimeket Daba’s dry mill in Limu Genet town. Here too, Shimeket trains his staff to ensure the process maintains quality at each step.