Ethiopian | Special Prep Qonqona 'Benso' Grade 1 | Natural

About This Coffee

This single-origin coffee comes from the Qonqona/Bensa area of Sidama, Ethiopia, offered as a Grade 1 natural. Cherries grown between 1700–2100 masl were sun-dried on raised beds. Varietals include Mikicho, Setami and mixed indigenous heirloom types. The cup shows plummy red fruits, allspice and syrupy raspberry fruit leather, with vivid, tea-like tropical fruit character.

Origin

Bensa (Ethiopia)

Flavor Notes

Raspberry, Fruit Leather

Roast Level

—

Processing

Natural

Typology

Arabica

Mixed Indigenous Heirloom, Setami, Mikicho

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Proud Mary Coffee

Nolan and Shari Hirte opened Proud Mary in Collingwood in 2009. A trip along the American west coast had shown him what specialty coffee could be and he returned to Melbourne determined to bring that approach to a country that was, at the time, an espresso nation. Nolan first attended Cup of Excellence in 2011; since then, Proud Mary staff have served on international juries for over a decade. Proud Mary became one of Melbourne's first roasters to champion filter coffee and single-origin brewing. The roastery categorizes its offerings along a Mild-to-Wild spectrum. Their Ghost Rider blend, a natural-processed combination of Brazilian and Ethiopian coffees, is award-winning. A second roasting operation now runs from Portland, Oregon, supplying American wholesale accounts and retail customers with locally roasted beans.

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