ETHIOPIA - Qonqana
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The Flavour Profile
To brighten up your days this is a sweet, fruity and nutty honey process coffee, we think it's great for filter or cafetière extraction and can be enjoy any time during the day. This is a light roasted coffee with a light body.
The Little Details
This coffee comes from Sidama region in the country of Ethiopia. It's grown 1910 to 2010 metres above sea level and it is honey process. It's drawn from JARC Selection 74110 & 74110 varietal coffee beans.
As well as coffee, producers in the region will plant other crops such sugar cane, a variety of fruits and "inset"; a common indigenous plant that cn be prepared as food in different forms. income from coffee is important , but minimal for most farmers due to the small size of their farms. As such, inputs are minimal, most coffee grown in the region is 100% organic, though not certified due to high certification costs, as farmers simply do not have the money to apply chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or herbicides.
About the Process
The journey begins with only the ripest cherries being selectively handpicked. Once collected, the cherries are delivered to the mill to be sorted based on density and quality. This process is carried out by submerging the cherries in tanks and removing the floating cherries prior to pulping. After sorting, the cherries are then de-pulped with a Panagos Eco-Friendly De-pulping and Pressurized Sorting machine. Half of the mucilage is left on the beans and as this process is complete, the coffee is moved to the meshlined beds to dry. The coffee is rests here for roughly 12 - 15 days depending on temperature and humidity, rotation occurring every 30 minutes. Once the ideal moisture content is reached, the coffee is bagged and sent to the dry mill to be hulled and prepared for export.