Samii Chelbesa. Café de Etiopía.

About This Coffee

This coffee is from the Chelbesa washing station located in the Gedeo region of Ethiopia at 2100 meters altitude. Chelbesa is the largest growing area in Gedeb with 1240 hectares of coffee farms. The coffee is produced by approximately 615 smallholder farmers with farms averaging 0.5 to 2 hectares. It is a washed coffee processed using traditional methods including hand-sorting, Agaarde Discpulper, 72-hour wet fermentation, and 10 days of drying on raised beds. The heirloom variety coffee presents tasting notes of peach, stone fruit, citrus, and flowers.

Origin

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Flavor Notes

Peach, Citrus Fruit, Stone Fruit, Flowers

Roast Level

Medium

Processing

Washed

Typology

Arabica

Heirloom

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Kima Coffee

Rabi Aouam trained as a barista starting in 2010, won the Andalusian Barista Championship in 2014, and began roasting commercially in 2018 without a fixed space. By 2021 he had a roastery and tasting room in the center of Malaga, and the operation quickly gained momentum. Kima was named Best Specialty Coffee of Spain in 2024 and ranked in the top 100 coffee destinations worldwide by Neodrinks in 2025. Rabi works exclusively with 100% Arabica specialty coffee, hand roasting each batch and selecting from a wide range of origins that includes rare varietals like Geisha from Colombia and Wild Orchid Liberica from Vietnam. An in house academy trains professionals from the hospitality sector, with baristas traveling to Malaga specifically for the courses. The philosophy is direct: flavor, traceability, zero artifice.

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