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Tasting notes Rose hip, bergamot & iced tea
Region Guji
Farm Sewda Wet Mill
Altitude 1.920 – 2.150 meters
Variety 74118, 74110, 74158
Process washed
About beans:
Sewda Natural Coffee Processing Wet Mill, where this Sawana lot comes from, is located in the region of Oromia, Guji, Ethiopia. It is a purchasing and processing station, where local coffee farmers harvest ripe cherries and deliver them daily. It serves around 600 smallholder farmers in the area. Upon delivery, cherries are weighed, organized, and sorted accordingly. Contributing producers are paid a market price that includes a premium for high-quality selection.
Sewda Wet Mill is owned by Testi Trading PLC, a family-owned company embedded at the origin to supply the specialty coffee industry with high-quality coffee beans. Mr. Faysel together with his family established Testi Trading PLC in 2009. The name ‘Testi’ means joy or Happiness in the Harrari language (it is also the name of Faysel’s middle son). Testi is focusing on quality and long-term relationships, as well as maximizing the potential of Ethiopian Coffee. Their focus is to work with their supply chain of smallholder farms to improve their livelihoods and living conditions.
The present lot followed a washed process. After coffee cherries are delivered to the washing station, they’re carefully sorted and floated to remove any defects, ensuring only the highest quality cherries make it through. The cherries are pulped and fermented for 26-32 hours, then washed and further sorted before being laid out to dry on raised beds.
It takes 10-14 days for the beans to reach their optimal moisture level, and they constantly have to be turned and raked to maintain drying consistency and quality. The beds are also covered every day between 12-3pm to protect the delicate coffee beans from the sun, and again at night as a barrier against humidity.
In the cup, you will find an elevated classic washed Ethiopian profile, expect notes of rose hips, iced tea, and bergamot.
Tasting notes Grapefruit, nougat & orange blossom
Region Genova, Nariño
Farm Marcel Ordonez
Altitude 1.950 – 2.000 meter
Variety Pink Bourbon
Process Double fermented Washed
About beans:
Production, harvest, wet- and dry-milling are all done by the Argote family. Produced without pesticides, the Argote family inspects all coffee trees visually for signs of leaf rust. Transition to regenerative agroforestry on its way. Actively creating a village of specialty coffee producers.
This double-fermented washed Pink Bourbon lot is very clean and complex, with notes of grapefruit, nougat, and orange blossom.
Tasting notes Chocolate & walnut
Region Paraná
Farm Capricornio Coffee Partners
Altitude 700 – 1000 meters
Variety Various
Process Honey
About beans:
Quality and consistency. It’s not easy when you’re a farmer, with changing weather and different circumstances on a yearly or even seasonal basis, to match the same flavor profile as last year. It might even be impossible. For this reason, the team of Q-graders of Capricornio Coffees cups all the coffees of the more than a dozen partner fazendas and farmer groups, grades them according to their flavor and quality, and then makes farmer blends, solely based on taste. Since 2022, Capricornio Coffees designed a program to achieve the flavour stability we seek while only sourcing from the same partners year on year in their trusted network: São Jerónimo da Serra, Mulheres do Café Matão, Fazenda Fronteira, and Fazenda California. For example, the Dulce Signature blend is described as dark chocolate, with a sweet and round thick body. One year, this might consist of more coffee from Fazenda California and less from São Jerónimo da Serra. The year after, this might be the other way around.
Farm composition in the coffee bag might change, but the farms don’t sit still either. Being part of Capricornio’s 4 Seasons Project, they get free agronomical support, with an agronomist visiting them every 60 days. Together, they look at plant and soil health and do soil measurements, which are used to advise on which parts of the farms need extra attention. It’s high-end knowledge and a solid partnership to provide a sustainable future.
The cup profile gives us everything we want in a good Brazilian coffee: good body and sweetness, mild acidity, and heavy chocolate and nutty flavours without any fruit notes. A true crowd pleaser.
Tasting notes Honey, pecan & lemongrass
Region Mae Chedi, Chiang Rai
Farm Mae Chedi
Altitude 1.300 meter
Variety Chiang Mai
Process Washed
About beans:
Traditionally, Mae Chedi was known primarily for its tea plantations, which were the main source of income for many farmers. While coffee has always been present in the region, it has always been secondary to tea. Today, with the rising demand for Thai specialty coffee, a new generation of farmers is embracing coffee cultivation with a dedication that has set the nation apart as one of the fastest-developing coffee-producing countries.
This year, we have the washed lot from Mae Chedi. One of only a few groups in Thailand to employ a Kenya-style washed, double-fermentation: all coffee is hand-picked, depulped, dry-fermented for 48 hours, wet-fermented for 8 hours, washed with mountain water, then sun-dried on raised bamboo beds. The result is a very clean coffee with typical ‘Asian’ spicy flavors, but combined with a sweetness not often found in other Asian coffees.