Gash Sentayehu Special Prep - Ethiopia, Scenery | 200g

Anoxic Natural, 74112/74158/Wild Guji Megadu, Lightest Influence - Banger filter or 'spro

Bette Buna works closely with neighbouring smallholder outgrowers, both in Sidama and even more so in Guji (where the farm sizes are a little larger) - as seen in our Megadu community lot currently on house filter. Two of these farmers, Gash Syoum and Gash Sentayehu, watched how Bette Buna processed their cherries using anoxic methods, and expressed interest in learning the technique themselves. Bette Buna provided training and guidance, teaching them to improve the anoxic processing on their own farms.

Now these farmers now independently produce natural anoxic lots at scale, which Bette Buna purchases the finished dried husk/parchment at a higher value than wet cherry (retaining more value for the producer). Bette Buna continues to add value through milling, quality control, and connections with international clients, such as ourselves. The quality continues to improve each year alongside growing demand for these speciality lots, and now we can champion the individual farmers and help them develop their own brand and reputation, increasing the value of their coffee further.

This lot is a baaanger and indeed should see the end of our single origin releases for this Ethiopian harvest season.

We're tasting:

Super tropical aromas - pineapple, passionfruit, mango. In the cup the aromas carry through, with peak season ripe apricot, oodles of alpine strawberry, vanilla crème mousseline, orange jelly & guava (almost like bougie trifle) leading a fizzy/effervescent body and zippy acidity. Cup character is clean and clear without funk, and super juicy.