Blackberry Dust | Ethiopia
£17.50
- Blackberry, Wild Strawberries, Blueberry Yogurt
Additional information
Coffee Details
- Country of Origin
- Ethiopia
- Region
- Guji
- Varietal
- Heirloom/Landrace
- Process
- Natural
- Roast Level
- Medium-Light
- Farm
- Buku Abel
- Altitude
- 1900-2100 masl
Rest guidance
Recommended rest: 2 weeks from roast.
Based on Sigma’s recommendation.
What to expect
In the cup you can find
Blackberry, Wild Strawberries, Blueberry Yogurt
Overall profile
Juicy and sweet: blackberry leads, with wild strawberry and blueberry yoghurt, and a soft, creamy finish.
Sensory profile
- Acidity
- 2/5
- Body
- 4/5
- Sweetness
- 4/5
- Funk
- 2/3
- Adventurous
- 4/5
About DAK Coffee Roasters
DAK is an Amsterdam roastery founded by two Canadians from Montreal. Its small team selects fully traceable coffees, balancing experimental lots with classic origins, then roasts them for clean, bright and sweet cups that keep specialty coffee welcoming and fun.
Roaster notes
Ethiopia — Buku Abel Washing Station Heirloom "Blackberry Dust" (Natural)
Tastes Like — 🫐 Blackberry • 🍓 Wild Strawberry • 🍦 Blueberry Yoghurt
DETAILS
- Producer: Buku Abel Washing Station (about 400 smallholder farmers)
- Region: Guji, Ethiopia
- Varietal: Ethiopian Heirloom
- Process: Natural (low intervention)
- Altitude: 1,900–2,100 masl
- Harvest: 2026 (late harvest)
- Roaster: DAK Coffee Roasters
INTRO
Blackberry Dust is a late-harvest natural Ethiopian coffee from the Buku Abel washing station in Guji. The cup is fruity and sweet, followed by a soft, creamy finish. In the cup: blackberry, wild strawberry, and blueberry yoghurt.
THE PRODUCER
Buku Abel works with around 400 smallholder farmers growing coffee at 1,900 to 2,100 masl. Most cultivate small plots of 0.5 to 2 hectares, often alongside food crops and other trees. In the Guji region of southern Ethiopia, coffee is an important part of everyday life, and the washing station plays an important role in bringing these harvests together and processing the cherries into distinct, high-quality lots.
Ethiopian heirloom is a broad term for the many indigenous coffee varieties found across Ethiopia, many cultivated for generations and appreciated for their complex, floral, fruity, and sweet profiles.
THE PROCESS
The Natural process for this lot involves:
🍒 Hand-picking — cherries handpicked by smallholders around Guji
🔍 Same-day sorting — sorted on the day of delivery to Buku Abel
☀️ Raised-bed drying — whole cherries spread on raised beds and turned regularly for even drying, until the desired moisture is reached
DAK rates the intervention level as low: a traditional natural process with no additional fermentation techniques, so the coffee's natural characteristics develop through the drying process.
THE CUP
Juicy and sweet: blackberry leads, with wild strawberry and blueberry yoghurt, and a soft, creamy finish.
Flavour Notes
🫐 Blackberry 🍓 Wild Strawberry 🍦 Blueberry Yoghurt
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