Dinkinesh: Yukro, Ethiopia

About This Coffee

This coffee is from the Agaro region of Western Oromia in the Jimma Zone, Ethiopia, specifically from the Wanja Kersa community. Produced by 579 smallholder farmers, the coffee is grown at elevations of 1,800 to 2,200 meters above sea level. The beans are Ethiopian Landraces grown on small plots shaded by maize and false banana trees. Processing is washed, with cherries mechanically depulped, soaked overnight to remove sugars, and dried slowly on raised beds over 6-8 days. The coffee features flavor notes of blueberry, lemonade, and peach in a sweet, juicy cup with floral aromatics, layered citrus, stone fruit sweetness, and a silky, tea-like structure.

Origin

Agaro (Ethiopia)

Flavor Notes

Blueberry, Peach, Lemonade

Roast Level

Medium Light

Processing

Washed

Typology

Arabica

Ethiopian Landraces

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Little Waves Coffee Roasters

Little Waves Coffee Roasters grew out of Cocoa Cinnamon, a café founded in 2010 by Areli Barrera Grodski and Leon Grodski Barrera in the North Carolina mountains before the couple relocated to Durham in 2011. The dedicated roasting arm launched in June 2017 at the Lakewood location, using a Loring S15 Falcon that cuts energy consumption by 80 percent compared to conventional roasters. Little Waves is a Latina led, women forward company that prioritizes sourcing from women producers and farmers of color, maintaining multi year relationships built on fair pricing and mutual investment. In 2022, Roast Magazine named Little Waves its Micro Roaster of the Year, and co founder Areli was selected as a 2025 Sprudge Twenty honoree. The roastery was also featured in the Omnivore Apple TV docuseries, bringing wider attention to its model of equitable specialty coffee.

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