Ethiopia — Tamiru Tadesse Tesema Alo Village "Safo" 74158 (Hybrid Washed)

Tastes Like — 🍍 Tropical Fruit • 🍑 Candied Peach • 🌹 Rose • 🍓 Berries

DETAILS

• Producer: Tamiru Tadesse Tesema (Alo Coffee)
• Site: Safo (main site)
• Region: Alo Village, Bensa, Sidama, Ethiopia
• Varietal: 74158
• Process: Hybrid Washed
• Altitude: 2,400–2,550 masl
• Harvest: January 2026
• Direct Price: $17.64/kg | DDP (via air): $21.50/kg

INTRO
Made for SEY by their dear friend Tamiru Tadesse, this special hybrid washed lot comes from his main site in the town of Alo, Bensa. Tropical fruit and candied peach lead, with rose and berries throughout. In the cup: tropical fruit, candied peach, rose, and berries.

THE PRODUCER
Tamiru, owner of Alo Coffee, has helped produce some of the highest-scoring coffees in recent Ethiopian Cup of Excellence competitions and leads some of the most focused micro lot development work in the country. SEY looks forward to continuing the work together and supporting his ongoing efforts.

74158 was approved for release in 1979 by the Jimma Agricultural Research Centre (JARC), one of Ethiopia's federal agricultural research centres. It originated from the Metu Bishari Selections, taken from mother plants in the Metu woreda of the Illubabor zone, and was selected and propagated for high yield potential and resistance to coffee berry disease.

THE PROCESS
The Hybrid Washed process for this lot involves:

🍒 Hand-picking — cherries harvested at peak ripeness
💧 Floating — floated to further remove defects
🏺 Sealed in-cherry hold — held in-cherry in sealed tanks for 96 hours
⚙️ Mechanical demucilaging — de-pulped and mechanically stripped of mucilage, skipping traditional fermentation
🌑 Shade drying — dried in shade until moisture content reaches roughly 9–10%

The 96-hour sealed in-cherry hold, followed by mechanical mucilage removal in place of a traditional fermentation, is the defining step. It's what builds the tropical fruit and candied peach sweetness while keeping the cup clean.

THE CUP
Sweet and aromatic: tropical fruit and candied peach lead, with rose florality and berries running throughout.

Flavour Notes
🍍 Tropical Fruit 🍑 Candied Peach 🌹 Rose 🍓 Berries