Ethiopia Jigesa

Whole bean coffee

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Origin: Ethiopia

Region: Guji

Sub-region: Shakiso

Producers: Various smallholding farmers

Elevation: 1850 - 2100 meters

Process: Washed, dried on raised beds

Varieties: Ethiopian Landraces

Tasting notes: Apricot, lemon, cherry

Jigesa is a remote woreda (district) in the Guji zone of southern Ethiopia. Local producers grow landrace varieties on small farms that average only 0.1 - 2 hectares in area, and intercrop their coffee plants with native species such as false banana trees which provide shade and soil enrichment.

Producers transport whole coffee cherries on dirt roads by motorcycle or pack animal to the nearest collection point, where they sell their crop and collect organic fertilizer to bring back to the farm. From the collection point, cherries are taken by truck to the local wet mill for processing.

At the mill, the coffee is depulped and fermented in cement tanks for 36 - 48 hours, then washed clean with fresh water. The coffee is then taken to raised beds to dry under parabolic cover for 5 - 7 days.

This lot from Jigesa is clean and vibrant with flavors of apricot, lemon, and cherry.

Transparency

This is our ninth year sourcing coffee from Ethiopia through Red Fox Coffee Merchants. We scored this lot 87.5 pts and bought 3 60kg bags for $5.95/lb EXW.

Photo credit: Red Fox Coffee Merchants

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