🍇 White Grapes • 🍑 Nectarine • 🌼 Jasmine • 🍋 Yuzu • 🍯 Floral Honey

Intro

The middle path between Hamasho's natural and washed lots. This honey-processed coffee from Asefa Dukamo Station in Sidama Bensa keeps the clarity of a washed Ethiopian but adds a rounder, honeyed sweetness. Elegant, floral and juicy — a beautiful coffee for slow pour-over.

Details

The Producer

Daye Bensa is one of Ethiopia's top specialty exporters and placed second at the 2022 Ethiopia Cup of Excellence. It works directly with smallholder farmers in Hamasho Village, who deliver their cherries to the Asefa Dukamo Station for processing. The 74158 variety, developed by the Jimma Agricultural Research Center, thrives at these high altitudes.

The Process

This lot is Honey processed:

• 🍒 Ripe cherry selection — Cherries are hand-picked and sorted
• 🔧 Pulping — The skin is removed, but much of the sticky mucilage stays on the bean
• ☀️ Drying with mucilage — The fruit sugars dry onto the bean on raised beds, adding sweetness and body

The Cup

White grapes and nectarine open the cup, followed by fragrant jasmine and a bright yuzu lift. Floral honey sweetness ties everything together. High sweetness, medium acidity and a clean, delicate finish.

Flavour Notes

🍇 White Grapes 🍑 Nectarine 🌼 Jasmine 🍋 Yuzu 🍯 Floral Honey