Banko Chelbesa

About This Coffee

This washed coffee is sourced from the Banko Chelbesa washing station, located in the Gedeb woreda of Ethiopia's Gedeo Zone. Grown at high altitudes in iron-rich, acidic soils, this coffee is produced by smallholder families using traditional mixed-cropping systems. The lot consists of Heirloom varieties, including 74110 and 74112. It offers a clean, bright profile with flavor notes of strawberry, peach, apricot, yuzu, and jasmine green tea. The coffee is characterized by medium citric-malic acidity and medium sweetness, suitable for both espresso and filter brewing methods.

Origin

Gedeb (Ethiopia)

Flavor Notes

Strawberry, Peach, Raspberry, Jasmine Green Tea, Apricot, Yuzu

Roast Level

Medium Light, Light

Processing

Washed

Typology

Arabica

Heirloom, 74110, 74-112

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Beansmith's

Beansmith's was founded by a group of friends near Prague in 2013, with the first coffee roasted in April 2014 from a small Czech made electric roaster installed in a reconstructed village smithy in Úhonice. The operation grew through deliberate equipment upgrades, moving from a 15 kilogram Garanti in 2016 to a Loring roaster in 2018, each step raising the precision and consistency of their profiles. Head roaster Kuba oversees green coffee purchasing, profiling, and quality control, working with importers to source from small family farms in equatorial countries, including long term partnerships like the one with the Lopez family in Colombia. Every coffee is roasted to find a balance that preserves sweetness without pushing acidity too far or falling into overdevelopment, with each batch logged through an external data monitoring system tied to the Loring. Beansmith's supplies over 40 partner locations across Czechia and Slovakia and operates its own space in Prague's Smíchov neighbourhood.

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