Flavor Notes
Ethiopia Alaka Natural
$31
A natural-processed coffee with the intense aromatics and berry flavors that are hallmarks of all naturals.
Raspberry
Orange
Red Grape
The details
Origin story
- Country Ethiopia
- Producer Smallholder Farmers
- Region Oromia
- Elevation Range 1900-2250 m
- Processing Method Natural
- Drying Method Raised Bed
- Harvest November 2023 - February 2024
- Direct Trade Partner Since 2015
Coffee isn’t merely well-adapted to Ethiopia’s terroir — it evolved in the understory of the majestic forests of what is today Ethiopia. It should come as no surprise, then, that the heirloom varieties still grown there produce flavors that can’t be found anywhere else on earth. And within Ethiopia, we haven’t found anyone producing more flavorful coffees more consistently than the Adinew family operation, METAD. It operates the first CQI-certified lab in Africa and the highly trained teams at its washing stations apply best-in-class quality control processes to create opportunities for thousands of smallholder coffee growers.
This lot was grown by members of the Alaka Farmers Association and processed as a natural, with the fruit fully intact, at METAD's Hambela washing station in the West Guji Zone of Oromia. We're offering this lot alongside its fully washed counterpart, providing a unique opportunity to taste how different processing methods can highlight distinct expressi