Origin: Ethiopia, Sidamo, Yirgacheffe. Exactly here
Process: Washed
Altitude: 2,100-2,300 masl
Varietal: Heirloom (local native)
Washing Station: Ephtah
Harvest: 2024
TASTING NOTES
White flower, orange, chocolate, pepper.
WHY WE LIKE IT
We love this coffee batch for its vibrant citrus profile, with bright orange notes balanced by the silky sweetness of chocolate. We find a fragrance of white flowers, which, along with the spicy touch of pepper, give it a unique complexity.
It is a fragrant and enveloping coffee, perfect with milk or alone.
HISTORY
Wubit Bekele is the founder and CEO of Ephtah Specialty Coffee, an Ethiopian company dedicated to the export of specialty coffee. Before establishing Ephtah, Wubit worked for many years for one of Ethiopia's largest exporters. Her goal in founding the company was to empower women farmers and remove the barriers that limit them. As a certified Q-rated coffee cupper, Wubit is obsessed with finding the best quality coffee in Ethiopia and personally cups every lot that Ephtah purchases and exports. She believes in the enormous potential of the Ethiopian coffee sector and is convinced that, through a holistic approach and collaboration with clients, this sector can be the main driver of change in Ethiopia.
Anyone who has visited a coffee processing site in Ethiopia will know that women are central to the industry. Most of the low-wage seasonal labor is performed by women, but very few farms are owned by women. Furthermore, these farms are often less productive because women have less access to resources, primarily financial and training.
Ephtah focuses on providing women with skills and knowledge to enhance their economic empowerment. They offer training programs in quality production and analysis to improve women's knowledge and confidence. This often leads to improved access to finance, which can lead to significant improvements in their standard of living.
Furthermore, the vast majority of Ephtah's management team is made up of women. They constantly work to strengthen women's voice and participation in decision-making and leadership in the coffee industry, also collaborating with local groups and establishing safe spaces in the communities from which they source their resources.
VARIETY AND PROCESS
Heirloom is a generic name that means "ancient root." In Ethiopia, there are thousands of uncharted varieties that grow wild in the terroir. The variety is named after the region where it grows and reflects the characteristic flavor of that area.
The process for this coffee is washed. Once the cherries are harvested, they are depulped, fermented, and then sun-dried with the beans still in the parchment.
RECIPE
For filter:
We use 20 grams of ground coffee and 320 grams of water at 93ºC, in a total time of 3'-3'15". We make three pours:
(50GR) 30" (185GR) 1'10''-1'30''- (320GR) 2'30''
Pouring 50g of water in 30"
Pouring up to 185 gr of water in 1'10-1'30"
Pouring up to 320 gr of water in 3'-3'15"
EXPERIMENTATION VARIABLES
Rest: 2 weeks (15-20 days)
Method: V60Mill: EK43
Water: Pentair Everpure 70ppm
For espresso:
Uses 17 grams of dry coffee to extract 43 grams of total beverage into the cup in 27 to 30 seconds.
