DUWANCHO, Ethiopia

About This Coffee

This Ethiopian Heirloom coffee is sourced from 279 farmers in Keramo Village, Sidama Bensa. Grown at elevations between 1920 and 2020 meters, the cool climate allows cherries to mature slowly, creating dense, flavor-concentrated beans. The coffee is produced by the Daye Bensa cooperative, known for meticulous quality-driven approach and microlot production. Natural processed, the cherries are hand-picked at peak ripeness, undergo floating to remove lower-quality fruit, then dried on raised African beds for 14 to 18 days. The coffee exhibits blueberry and citrus notes with a creamy body, scoring 88 points.

Origin

Sidama - Bensa (Ethiopia)

Flavor Notes

Citrus Fruit, Blueberry

Roast Level

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Processing

Natural

Typology

Arabica

Ethiopian Heirloom

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Coffee Gems

Ricardo Peña founded Coffee Gems in Chippenham, Wiltshire, drawing on a childhood spent on his grandparents' coffee estate in the Huila region of Colombia. He remembers the plantations blooming with white flowers and his grandmother roasting beans in a copper pot. After more than 15 years in the UK specialty coffee industry, Ricardo built a roastery focused exclusively on coffees scoring 86 or higher on the SCA scale, placing the entire range well above the specialty threshold. Sourcing is hands on, with visits to farmers in Peru and El Salvador, including Cup of Excellence winner Ever Diaz in the Chalatenango region. The roasting approach aims to enhance what the producer has already achieved rather than imposing a house style, and full pricing transparency traces each coffee from farmer to warehouse.

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