Ashenafi Getaneh's Gerse Black Honey Landrace

Description

Ashenafi Getaneh owns a washing station, drying site, and farm in Aricha and Ela Telicha. Ashenafi started his coffee business back in 2005, and has since grown the operation to these two sites. Still, his station in Aricha is just 2.2 hectares and the farm in Ela Talicha just 3.5 hectares. To keep increasing their volume, he continues to buy from local Gerse smallholders looking to sell their harvest and provides jobs for those on working on the mill and farm. He's also found other ways to uplift the local community, such as building a town meeting hall and a few homes for the elder community members in Ela Talicha. We asked for this lot after liking the other Gerse lot so much. Although the composition of landrace is slightly different, it's a unique opportunity to taste the similar coffee from growers in Gerse, but with dramatically different processing. Although this cup is a black honey, it is a pretty low funk tea-like cup with a creamy mouthfeel, and lingering delicate purple florals. The cup profile has a subtler tartaric acid reminiscent of red grape. The body is mildly ferment-y, which creates a velvety mouthfeel. At hot, we're greeted with dried tropical fruits, like mango and passionfruit. This slowly transitions into an homogenous note we are calling Marigold Papayo. At cooler temperatures, the body transitions to peach and cooked apple. The aroma while brewing has jasmine and lavender; the linger tastes of violet. This coffee launched on August 18th as part of Drop 11!