Ethiopia - Basha Bekele
RESPONSIBLY SOURCED
METICULOUSLY ROASTED
GIVING BACK
Star Jasmine, Grape Candy, Dried Strawberry
Limited Time Offering - Who doesn’t like candy?! Our latest release from Ethiopia is a juicy fruit bomb from the Sidama region. Grown at the mid-bending altitude of 2000 plus meters above sea level, this coffee is a great example of how clean and beautiful extremely highgrown coffee can be. If you’re someone who sees a naturally processed Ethiopian coffee and says, “yes, please”, then this lot from legendary produced, Basha Bekele, will be a coffee you’ll be thinking about for a long time. In the cup we got mouth-watering notes of dried strawberry, grape candy, and star jasmine. Takes it from us, this coffee as a pour over is a special event.
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Producer Basha Bekele
Region Shantawene Village, Bensa, Sidama
Process Natural
Elevation 2000-2300 masl
Variety Ethiopia Landraces
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Basha Bekele has been in coffee since his childhood. Starting in 2022, he decided to try export his own coffees, as well as those smallholder farmers around him. Basha's Bombe drying station in Bensa is a cornerstone of the community he and his father have uplifted, even constructing a local church. With his own export license, Basha tends to 12 hectares of semi-forested coffee plots. Notably, Basha ensures fair practices by providing a second payment to the 126 producers he purchases cherry from, even after cherry prices surged this year. Like many smallholders in the Bensa region, Basha specializes in dry processes, experimenting with anaerobic fermentation and employing cherry flotation before meticulously drying his coffee on raised beds, some under shade. Basha is able to produce high quality coffee with the support of the nature surrounding him, to produce high end coffee from his washing stations. With altitudes ranging more than 2300 masl, this area is one of the highest growing regions in the Sidama area. Coffee trees grow intercropped with fruits and under semi-forest shade.
