Danche Natural Landrace | Ethiopia

Ethiopia — Danche Station (Chelbesa, Gedeb) Kurume & Wolisho (Natural)

Tastes Like — 🫐 Blueberries • 🍍 Tropical • 🌿 Rhubarb

DETAILS

• Producers: Smallholder farmers delivering to Danche Station (managed by SNAP Specialty Coffee)
• Region: Chelbesa, Gedeb, Ethiopia
• Varietal: Kurume & Wolisho (Ethiopian landraces)
• Process: Natural (3-day tank fermentation)
• Altitude: Approximately 2,200 masl
• Roaster: Hydrangea Coffee Roasters

INTRO
A natural from the Danche station in Chelbesa, Gedeb, made from the local Kurume and Wolisho landraces. In the cup: blueberries, tropical fruit, and rhubarb.

THE PRODUCER
Danche Station serves around 800 farmers in Chelbesa, within Ethiopia's Gedeb coffee-growing area. Their farms typically cover two to three hectares at an average elevation of about 2,200 m. Managed by SNAP Specialty Coffee, the station brings these smallholder harvests together for sorting, fermentation, and drying. SNAP also supports producers through agronomy training, including nursery management and growing other crops alongside coffee.

Kurume is a locally named Ethiopian landrace grown alongside other regional coffee types. Wolisho, also called Welicho, is another landrace associated with Ethiopia's highlands, distinguished by larger cherries and a broad canopy. Together they represent part of the local coffee diversity found in Danche's smallholder lots.

THE PROCESS
The Natural process for this lot involves:

🍒 Whole-cherry fermentation — whole cherries fermented in tanks for three days
☀️ Raised-bed drying — spread on raised beds to dry in the sun for 16–21 days, turned regularly throughout for even drying

The three-day tank fermentation before drying is the defining step. It builds the blueberry and tropical fruit character.

THE CUP
Fruity and bright: blueberries and tropical fruit, with a rhubarb finish.

Flavour Notes
🫐 Blueberries 🍍 Tropical 🌿 Rhubarb