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Ethiopia Tamiru Tadesse Shafeta Anaerobic

[ 1 ] Coffee

Country: Ethiopia
Farmer: Small Holder Farmers 
Producer: Tamiru Tadesse
Variety: JARC 74158 
Process: Anaerobic Natural
Region: Alo Village, Bensa Woreda

 

[ 2 ] Notes

Roast degree: Light
Flavor notes: Candied Lime - Passionfruit - Fairly Floss
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[ 3 ] Story 

 

Tamiru Tadesse

Tamiru Tadesse was born at the heart of the coffee region, Bensa Sidama in Ethiopia.

In 2020. he established Alo Coffee to support local farmers where he grew up. He then built a main processing station in Alo Kebelle, a village new to growing coffee due to the high altitude estimated to be above 2,400masl.

Many considered it to be a risky move as a lack of infrastructure and experience in the area, however the risk paid-off in 2021 when he became the winner of CoE with an anaerobic lot with coffee produced and processed at an altitude at 2,450masl. 

 

Variety JARC 74158

This variety was named by Jimma Agricultural Research Centre (JARC) back in 1971. It was introduced to Ethiopia as a movement to test and select coffee trees that have a good disease resistant for farmers to grow.

The number represents

74 (The year the seed was collected)

158 (Varietal number)

This particular lot, Shafeta was grown at 2,400masl. Due to the extremely high altitude, the tree produced tiny coffee cherries. And this contributed to its unique taste.

 

[ 4 ] Brewing

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