Ethiopia Elto Bona Site
ilse coffeeAbout This Coffee
This coffee is a Bona Site microlot from Sidama, Ethiopia, produced by Elto Coffee (founders Eliyas Dukamo and Atiklit Dejene). Grown by local smallholders at 2200–2300 MASL and processed at Elto’s washing station, it is an Ethiopian Landrace variety, washed and dried on raised beds. Tasting notes include ripe peach, melon, sweet tea, honey, and lingering floral character with a buttery mouthfeel and layered complexity. Roast level: light.
Origin
Bona Zuria (Ethiopia)
Flavor Notes
Peach, Honey, Floral, Melon, Sweet Tea, Butter
Roast Level
Light
Processing
Washed
Typology
ArabicaEthiopian Landraces
IC
ilse coffee
Rebecca Grossman and Lucas Smith founded Ilse in 2019, starting with a thousand dollars and a rented roaster in Stamford before building out their own facility in a converted mechanic's garage in North Canaan. The approach is quality-driven: light roasts, single-producer microlots, and a commitment to buying entire harvests from the same farms year after year, some relationships now stretch back to the beginning. Pricing is transparent; each bag lists what the producer was paid, the FOB price, and Ilse's cost. Sourcing focuses on Central and South America and East Africa, with Costa Rica, Honduras, Colombia, and Ethiopia appearing regularly.
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