Ethiopia — Habtamu Fikadu Danche Washing Station 74110 & 74112 (Washed)

Tastes Like — 🍑 Peach • 🍐 Crispy Pear • 🍋 Sparkling Lemonade

DETAILS

• Producer: Habtamu Fikadu Aga (Kuri Mountain Coffee)
• Washing Station: Danche
• Region: Guji, Ethiopia
• Varietal: 74110 & 74112
• Process: Washed
• Altitude: 2,000 masl
• Harvest: 25/26
• Price Paid: $16.17 USD/kg

INTRO A third year working with Habtamu Fikadu, and a first time featuring his work with Danche. Intensely peach, with sparkling citric acidity and a crispy pear sweetness — a stellar coffee to kick off the fresh Ethiopia harvest arrivals. In the cup: juicy peach, crispy pear, and sparkling lemonade.

THE PRODUCER Habtamu Fikadu Aga is the general manager of Kuri Mountain Coffee, an exporting company in Ethiopia. He works alongside Aaga Dinsa to oversee production of landrace varietals like 74110 and 74112. This specific washed lot comes from registered smallholders surrounding the Danche station.

74110 is a locally selected subvariety of Ethiopian Heirloom, developed in the 1970s at the Jimma Agricultural Research Center (JARC) for resistance to coffee berry disease, selected from a mother tree in the Bishari village, Oromia. The trees are short and compact, with small leaves and cherries. 74112 comes from the Metu Bishari selections made in the forests of the Illubabor Zone in 1974, also selected by JARC for its disease resistance and high yield potential.

THE PROCESS At the company's washing stations, cherries are pulped and undergo submerged fermentation lasting 48–72 hours depending on temperature. After washing, the parchment rests in water for another 12 hours before drying on raised beds for 10–12 days.

This careful, consistent method underpins the quality across all of Habtamu's lots — building the sparkling citric acidity and crispy pear sweetness that define this cup.

THE CUP Intensely peach with sparkling citric acidity — juicy peaches and crispy pears throughout, with a green fruit sweetness and a light body finishing sparkling and clean.

Flavour Notes 🍑 Juicy Peach 🍐 Crispy Pear 🍋 Sparkling Lemonade