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Ethiopia Qonqana Boreta G1

Ethiopia Qonqana Boreta G1

£14.00

Ethiopia Qonqana Boreta G1

£14.00
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Bergamot
Lemon Zest
Honeysuckle

An zesty, honey-processed belter from the motherland of coffee.

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Ethiopia Qonqana Boreta G1
Located within the famous Sidama coffee-producing region, the Qonqana washing station works directly with smallholder producers to mill coffee for export, with support from Daye Bensa, an exporting organisation within Ethiopia. Founded in 1997 by Asefa Dukamo, Daye Bensa now operates twenty washing stations including Qonqana, five mills and three coffee farms. As well as coffee, producers in the region will plant other crops such as sugarcane, a variety of fruits and Inset, an indigenous member of the banana family which can be prepared as food. Most coffee grown in the region is 100% organic, though not certified due to high certification costs, as farmers cannot afford to apply chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or herbicides. Producers working with the washing station face a number of obstacles when growing coffee. This includes a lack of access to electricity, water, telecommunication, and road access. In addition, producers in the region don’t have knowledge of coffee farming best practices, which can directly impact yield and quality. Through their Back To The Community initiative, Daye Bensa have begun to tackle these challenges head-on, with infrastructure projects to improve access and power supply, and educational programmes to improve knowledge of farming practices. Once the coffee is hand-picked on each farm, the cherries are delivered to the wet mill, sorted based on density and quality, and de-pulped, leaving half of the mucilage on the beans, which are dried on mesh-lined beds for roughly two weeks.

Region:

Sidama

Producer:

940 smallholder farmers

Farm/Milling Station:

Qonqana Washing Station

Processing:

Honey

Varietal (s):

JARC Selection 74110 & 74112

Altitude:

1,910 to 2,010 meters above sea level

Sourcing Partner:

Mercanta

Roasters Notes Ethiopia Qonqana Boreta G1
For me, this is exactly what I'm looking for in an Ethiopian. I'm getting an initial burst of bergamot and lemon zest brightness up front, with subtle honeysuckle adding depth of flavour. Try it as a pour-over and I promise you won't be disappointed.
About Ethiopia
Where it all began, Ethiopia is where coffee was first consumed by humans, albeit as a fruit rather than a beverage.

From wild coffee, harvested in the verdant forest, to garden coffee, grown around the homesteads of smallholder farmers, to vast estates of meticulously but intensively farmed trees, Ethiopia offers a stunningly diverse crop.

Typically harvested between October and February, Ethiopian coffees are often brilliantly fruity and floral, with notes of bergamot, and elegant complexity.

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