Bench Maji. Cafe de Etiopia

About This Coffee

This lot is produced by the Kebir cooperative in Gesha, within the Bench Maji Forest in southwest Ethiopia at 1,750 meters altitude. It is a natural processed coffee from local land races where the Geisha variety predominates, cultivated by small farmers called Kafficho in natural shade systems within deep forests, a typical forest garden configuration of the region. Post-harvest processing takes place at the Bench Maji washing station, inaugurated in 2010. After manual selection, the cherries undergo controlled fermentation with 48-hour carbonic maceration, where fermentation occurs in the absence of oxygen within closed chambers. The coffee is then slowly sun-dried under natural shade on raised beds. The flavor profile features mango, passion fruit, strawberry, citrus, and jasmine notes.

Origin

Keffa (Ethiopia)

Flavor Notes

Strawberry, Citrus Fruit, Jasmine

Roast Level

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Processing

Natural, Carbonic Maceration

Typology

Arabica

Geisha

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Kima Coffee

Rabi Aouam trained as a barista starting in 2010, won the Andalusian Barista Championship in 2014, and began roasting commercially in 2018 without a fixed space. By 2021 he had a roastery and tasting room in the center of Malaga, and the operation quickly gained momentum. Kima was named Best Specialty Coffee of Spain in 2024 and ranked in the top 100 coffee destinations worldwide by Neodrinks in 2025. Rabi works exclusively with 100% Arabica specialty coffee, hand roasting each batch and selecting from a wide range of origins that includes rare varietals like Geisha from Colombia and Wild Orchid Liberica from Vietnam. An in house academy trains professionals from the hospitality sector, with baristas traveling to Malaga specifically for the courses. The philosophy is direct: flavor, traceability, zero artifice.

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