Danche Station - Washed Wolisho & Kurume - Gedeb Zone, Ethiopia

Description

Producer: Danche Washing Station & 800 local producers Location: Chelbesa, Gedeb Zone, Ethiopia Variety: Wolisho & Kurume Process: Washed Harvest: 2026 Farm Altitude: 2220m Importer: The Coffee Quest Contract Price: $8.60 per pound About Ethiopia: Ethiopia is thought to be the genetic origin of the coffee plant. The terroir of Ethiopia boasts a high elevation, consistent rainfall, and rolling hills of red loamy soil, that's ideal for growing high quality coffee. Producers generally own small plots of land with subsistence farms and a few coffee trees. Coffee grown in Ethiopia is known for small and dense beans, packed with complex fruit and floral flavors and a tea-like body. About Washed Coffee: The washed process is the standard, method of perparing coffee before roasting. It results in high-clarity, delicate flavors. The process begins with mechanically de-pulping the coffee cherry, followed by repeated washing with clean water to ensure the complete removal of the fruit mucilage. The coffee is then fermented for a short period of time to remove the parchment layer, and then dried in the a single layer either in the sun or in shade for several days.