Ethiopia Harsu Haro Single Origin Espresso

TASTING NOTES:

BODY: Full
FLAVOR: Pomegranate, Plum, Bergamot
FINISH: Bittersweet Linger

With a juicy body and rich fruit flavors, this espresso gives notes of pomegranate, plum, and delicate Meyer lemon at the start. Sweet and lightly tart hints of raspberry jam ensue, coupled with underlying notes of bergamot and black tea. The drinker is met with a bittersweet linger at the finish.

STORY

This dynamic and intense Ethiopian single origin offering comes to us from a small village in Harsu Haro, one of three forests located within Guji Zone's Uraga woreda, in the Oromia Region. Harsu Village is home to 416 smallholder farmers who, from November to January, meticulously pick coffee cherries during their period of peak ripeness. The fully ripe cherries are then taken to Harsu Haro's Central Washing Station where, under the Mill Manager's careful supervision, they are laid to dry on raised African beds. The coffee cherries are consistently circulated to ensure even drying throughout. Although the drying process is slow, this method reduces the moisture content in the cherry and allows sugars to develop, which lends to the characteristically fruity sweetness that is present in natural-processed coffees. We hope that you will enjoy this sweet, fruit-forward, juicy, Natural process Ethiopian offering as much as we do.

REGIONAL INFO

LOCATION: Oromia, Ethiopia
PRODUCER, FARM: Smallholder Farmers, Mixed Farms
ALTITUDE: 1900-2000 MASL
VARIETY: Dega, Kurume
PRODUCTION METHOD: Natural

ESPRESSO EXTRACTION PARAMETERS

DRY WEIGHT: 20g (+/- 0.1g)
FINISH WEIGHT: 40g
TOTAL BREW TIME: 26-29s