Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Grade 1 Banko

This coffee comes from the Banko Dhadhato area in the Gedeb district of Ethiopia's Gedeo zone, part of the Yirgacheffe region. The Banko Dhadhato cooperative was founded in 2013 and has 755 farmer members representing over 500 hectares of coffee production. It is Fair Trade and organic certified, part of the Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union. The farms are small, forested family operations at high elevation, averaging 0.66 hectares each. This Grade 1 washed coffee is produced through traditional methods: cherry is sorted for ripeness, depulped, fermented overnight in open tanks, washed, soaked, and sun-dried on raised beds for an average of two weeks. The coffee features jasmine and bergamot aromas, lemon and stone-fruit acidity, honeyed sweetness, and a silky, tea-like finish with light-to-medium body and lively, clean acidity.