Organic
Honey, Orange, Apricot
Ethiopia Metad Beriti Washed
$22
The fourth single-origin release of the season from our friends at METAD, this aromatic lot from the storied Yirgacheffe region was grown by smallholders in Beriti and processed at the METAD washing station in Gedeb.
The details
- Country Ethiopia
- Producer smallholder growers
- Region Beriti
- Elevation Range 1900-2100 m
- Processing Method Washed
- Drying Method Raised Bed
- Harvest December 2020-January 2021
How To Brew
We recommend starting with a 1:18 coffee-to-water ratio, which provides an excellent total extraction level and maximizes flavor pulled out of the ground coffee. For our single origin coffees we recommend a pour over method either on a Chemex, V60 or Kalita Wave on a 5 or 6 grind setting if you are ordering from intelligentsia.com.
Recommended Method Pour Over
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Boil Water 205 - 212 F
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Weigh Coffee 1g of coffee per 18g of water
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Drop In Filter Add filter to equipment
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Grind Coffee Grind coffee and add to filter
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Add Water Add water in stages
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Remove Filter Enjoy your coffee!
Origin Story
Ethiopia Metad Beriti Washed
Ethiopia's landscapes, quite literally, were made for growing coffee. After all, it is the birthplace of coffee. So it should come as no surprise that the country of more than 100 million people continues to be the source of the world's most extraordinary coffees-coffees that taste unlike anything else on Earth.
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