Ethiopia Acacia by Smallholder Producers
Tastes: Nectarine, floral, fragrant
Variety: Heirloom
Region: Guji & Yirgacheffe
Process: Washed
Altitude: 2000 m
Importer: Ally Coffee
$1 / lb from all Ethiopian coffee sales are donated to support the Roasters For Wells campaign with imagine1day.
Named for Ethiopia’s national tree, Ally Coffee’s “Acacia” comes from smallholder farmers in the Yirgacheffe and Guji regions. The sweet, fruity profile of Ethiopia Acacia Washed is selected to represent the classic flavours of some of Ethiopia’s best recognized coffee producing regions.
In these southern regions of Ethiopia farmers pick coffee selectively, harvesting only ripe cherries individually by hand. Pickers rotate among the trees every eight to ten days, choosing only the cherries which are at peak ripeness. Coffee is depulped and washed by hand in cement canals at community washing stations. After fermenting in water to loosen the mucilage, wooden paddles are used to fully wash the coffee. Coffee is then placed on raised beds to dry in the sun.