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An intense, fragrant dry process coffee, saturated with fruited sweetness, top notes of strawberry, mixed berry compote, sorghum syrup, aromatic floral and rue, and darker roasts have a dried blueberry note. City to Full City.
Goro presents potent aromatics and intense fruited characteristics in light to middle roasts, exactly what you'd expect from dry process Ethiopias! The dry fragrance is peppered with berry notes, both dried and cooked, accented by hints of rustic sugars around the edges, with complex floral and herbal aromatic notes. The berry aspects really came through in the wet aroma, with a fragrant dried strawberry note, along with saturated sweetness that reminded me of canned fruits. City roasts have a pleasant tartness to the fruited flavor profile, which lends an acidic impression to the cup flavors, an oft missing element in dry process coffees. Top notes in light roasts include hints of strawberry, mixed berry compote, mango, and stone fruits. There's a very nice floral overlay in the light roasts, along with a green-herbal rue note that brought such an enticing aroma to the cup. Faint rustic notes are true to the process method, like hints of sorghum and rice syrups, and slight overripe fruit in the finish. Overall, the cup flavors come off well-defined for a dry process coffee. Full City roasts have impressive body and flavor, a dense tactile appeal blends nicely with aromatic fruit flavors, like dark chocolate-covered blueberries.
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The coffee comes from small holder coffee farmers in the Goro Badessa Woreda of Hambela Wamena, a high altitude region that tops out at 2100 meters above sea level. These lots are made up of coffee from several hundred different farmers, most with only a couple hundred coffee trees or less. You tend to see coffee intercropped with other fruits and vegetables, "false banana" being one the more common food staples to see planted in the Hambela region. The false banana plant has many uses, and is widely utilized for its starchy inners that are often fermented with yeast to make a bread ("kocho"), and the leaves can be transformed into roofs for houses, baskets, and more. The Goro coffee is processed in a nearby town at a privately run wet mill, where they process both washed and natural coffees. This lot underwent several layers of hand picking from the whole coffee cherry to the final milled green coffee in order to achieve "Grade 1" status.
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Region | Kebele Goro Badessa, Woreda Hambela Wamena |
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Processing | Dry Process (Natural) |
Drying Method | Raised Bed Sun-Dried |
Arrival date | July 2023 Arrival |
Lot size | 160 |
Bag size | 60 KG |
Packaging | GrainPro Liner |
Farm Gate | Yes |
Cultivar Detail | Heirloom Varietals |
Grade | Grade 1 |
Appearance | .6 d/300gr, 14-17 Screen |
Roast Recommendations | City to Full City |
Type | Farm Gate |