Ethiopia — Bombe Mountain Station 74158 (Special Prep Natural)

Tastes Like — 🍓 Strawberry Jam • 🌹 Rose • 🍒 Cherry

DETAILS

• Producer: Neighbouring farmers delivering cherry to Bombe Mountain Station
• Region: Bombe, Sidama, Ethiopia
• Varietal: 74158 (JARC Selected Varietal)
• Process: Natural (Special Prep)
• Altitude: 2,300 masl

INTRO A special prep natural from producers surrounding Bombe Mountain Station — exceptionally juicy and jammy, with an abundance of strawberry jam and rose while hot, cooling into a cleaner dark cherry finish. In the cup: strawberry jam, rose, and cherry.

THE PRODUCER This lot is grown by producers surrounding Bombe Mountain Station at 2,300 masl in Sidama, using the 74158 JARC-selected variety.

THE PROCESS Cherries were selected using a refractometer, keeping only those measuring above 23 Brix (sugar content). The cherries were then floated and sorted to remove as many defects as possible, moved to raised beds to sun-dry for the first 48 hours, then shifted to shade for a slow 30–35 day dry.

The strict Brix-based cherry selection is the defining step here — it's what produces such an exceptionally juicy, jammy cup, concentrating the strawberry jam and rose character while hot before settling into a cleaner dark cherry finish.

THE CUP Juicy and jammy — an abundance of strawberry jam and rose while hot, cooling into a cleaner, dark cherry finish. A careful, sugar-selected natural at its most concentrated.

Flavour Notes 🍓 Strawberry Jam 🌹 Rose 🍒 Cherry