Ethiopia Aricha Washed Espresso - Single Origin.

The Aricha Washing Station in Yirgacheffe, Southern Ethiopia, serves as a prominent processing centre for coffee grown by several hundred smallholder farmers mostly members of the Gedeo ethnic group. Revitalised in the early 2000's Aricha is recognised for rigorous quality protocols and its role in supporting farmer livelihoods. Cherries from the surrounding villages; Aricha, Reko, Gersi, and Idido, are delivered daily in the harvest season, with lots processed either as washed or natural coffees. Washed coffees are sorted, depulped, fermented 36 to 48 hours, then washed again and dried for 10 to 14 days on raised beds, often under shade netting to slow the drying process and protect flavour integrity.

PROCESS: WASHED

REGION: ARICHA, YIRGACHEFFE, GEDEO ZONE

ELEVATION: 1850 - 2100M

VARIETAL: KURUME, WOLISHO

CUP: PEACH, LEMON, FRUIT TEA, HONEY

ROAST: ESPRESSO