Ethiopia Xinoo, Yirgacheffe Gotiti Gedeb Natural

The coffee

This lot hails from the vibrant, bustling community of coffee-farming families in the Gedeb district, who work tirelessly to produce some of the most exquisite coffees in the world. This lot embodies the extraordinary flavour and character of Ethiopian coffee.

Farm/Producers

The Yirgacheffe region is renowned for producing coffee with delightful floral and fruity notes, thanks to its rich volcanic soils, high altitudes, and diverse coffee varietals. Coffee grown within this region of Gedeb are often farmed on fewer than 5 hectares. Coffees farmed here are often grown from intersections of different fruit and vegetable crops, often making them organic by default. 

Handpicked from small neighbouring lots, the ripe cherries are brought to the Gotiti washing station for processing. 

The process

This is a natural processed coffee, this method requires the coffee cherries to dry whole in thin layers spread out on African raised beds in the sunshine. 

The coffee is then de-pulped, leaving the results of the drying process (natural) to embed natural sugars, and fruit-forward notew upon the roasted coffee. 

Why we like it

We found the tasting notes of this coffee difficult to pin-point, it has a sweet citrus flavour throughout, paired with vanilla-candy like flavours, florals and undertones of dark berries. Overall it has plenty of flavour, sweetness, with changeable fruitiness depending on the brew method. We love it.