This coffee comes from the Banko Dhadhato area in the Gedeb district of Ethiopia's Gedeo zone, part of the Yirgacheffe region. The Banko Dhadhato cooperative was founded in 2013 and has 755 farmer members representing over 500 hectares of coffee production. It is Fair Trade and organic certified, part of the Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union. The farms are small, forested family operations at high elevation, averaging 0.66 hectares each. This Grade 1 washed coffee is produced through traditional methods: cherry is sorted for ripeness, depulped, fermented overnight in open tanks, washed, soaked, and sun-dried on raised beds for an average of two weeks. The coffee features jasmine and bergamot aromas, lemon and stone-fruit acidity, honeyed sweetness, and a silky, tea-like finish with light-to-medium body and lively, clean acidity.
Origin
Yirgacheffe (Ethiopia) • Gedeb (Ethiopia) • Banko Dhadhato (Ethiopia)
Wrecking Ball Coffee Roasters was founded in San Francisco in 2011 by Trish Rothgeb and Nicholas Cho, two deeply experienced coffee professionals. Rothgeb, a licensed Q Grader and Q Trainer, was the first woman to earn Q Grader certification in the United States and is widely credited with coining the term "third wave coffee" in a 2002 article for The Flamekeeper. The company sources coffee through direct trade from origins including Bolivia, Congo, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Uganda. Roasting runs on a twice weekly schedule, with every detail from sourcing to packaging reflecting decades of craft and conviction about what specialty coffee can be.
