This washed Ethiopian coffee comes from the Nano Challa washing station in the Agaro region of Jimma, grown at 1900-2200 meters elevation. The coffee is produced by a cooperative of 630 members and processed mechanically through delvas, then soaked for 12 hours and dried on raised beds. The variety is Ethiopia Landraces. This coffee has an 87 cupping score and features intense, lively sweetness with candied ginger notes and a sparkling, champagne-like finish.
Elevator Coffee was founded in 2016 by Jay Sycip and Andrew Coe in Portland, Oregon. Coe, the head roaster and coffee buyer, won the 2023 U.S. Coffee Roasting Championship and placed third at the World Coffee Roasting Championships in Taipei the same year. The roastery previously operated a cafe in SE Portland until Fall 2020, then pivoted to a wholesale and online model, roasting to order and shipping weekly. A 96 point Coffee Review score ranks it among the top roasters in the Northwest. The ethos is summed up in a tagline: roasted by nerds, not snobs.
