Ethiopia Hamasho Borena

Coffee overview

An elegant and beautiful lot from Daye Bensa, Hamasho Borena offers high complexity in a very clean, smooth format. Where complexity often accompanies texture or structure in a cup, this coffee offers a very different experience. Much less texture is present for the heaviness of the sweetness here, notes are smooth and glassy, notes are floating around in space waiting for you to discover them.

Coffee flavor profile

White strawberry, peach, bergamot.

Acidity: refreshing, comfortable
Sweetness: heavy, syrupy
Balance: excellent, perfumey
Finish: lingering citrus, stonefruit and floral

Brewing evaluation

Rest: 40+ days recommended

Filter eval day 2: Gabi Standard Recipe of 1:18 - A heavier presentation of flavors from the initial profile, but still maintains a very clean and sessionable cup. Interesting development. Plenty of complexity here. Fun cup.

TDS: 1.51 EY: 25.12%

We use 60 hardness, 20 buffer water heated to 198F in all of our recipes.

Information

Farm: Multiple smallholder farmers
Region: Bensa, Sidama
Country: Ethiopia
Variety: 74158 field blend
Process: Anaerobic washed
Process details: After pulping, coffee is sealed and fermented without oxygen for 72 hours, then thoroughly washed and dried on raised beds.
Sourcing: Coffee Quest