Ethiopia Tade GG Washed Espresso

About this coffee

Tade GG (mountain forest farm) is a private farm owned by a gentleman named Tesfaye Bekele. The farm is 221hectares in area and sits between 1,830 and 1,950 meters above sea level. The generallandscape of the farm is characterised by highly sharp and rugged hills, ridges, plateaus,valleys and flats creating stunningly dramatic setting. The regions volcanic soil is burstswith nutrients, creating deep red and brown top-layer of soil. Tesfaye Bekele is so passionate about coffee farming that he has traveled extensively throughout Central and South America to visit coffee farms and learn about differentcultivating andprocessing methods. Tesfaye says when you buy his coffee you not only pay him, you pay the community and the environment. Tesfaye uses native heritage trees as shade and a percentage of his land is dedicated Forest and wildlife area. Tesfaye also funds a local school which he built with profits from his farm. At the farm swashing station cherry is typically pulped with an Agared machine (a pulper that has no mucilage remover). Then, coffee is fermented in tanks and washed in clean water to remove all the mucilage. Parchment dries on raised beds where workers turn the parchment regularly to ensure even drying. Tesfeye has traveled extensively throughout the Americas and has returned inspired by the varying methods in processing coffees. We feel very luck and are absolutely thrilled to get our hands on some of this! At the farm swashing station cherry is typically pulped with an Agared machine (a pulper that has no mucilage remover). Coffee and its mucilage dry on raised beds where workers turn it regularly to ensure even drying.