Ethiopia — Bekele Belaycho Bombe/Kokose 74158 "Bekele Belacho #0004" (White Honey)

Tastes Like — 🌿 Eucalyptus • 🍬 Brown Sugar • 🍵 Green Tea

DETAILS

• Producer: Bekele Belaycho
• Farm: Bombe (main) & Kokose (5-hectare, dedicated drying station)
• Region: Bensa, Finchawa, Sidama, Ethiopia
• Varietal: 74158
• Process: White Honey
• Elevation: 1,900–2,100 masl (farm average ~2,200 masl)
• Crop Year: 2025
• Sourcing: Indirect Trade
• Price Paid: $997.40 USD/60kg bag

INTRO
From the high-altitude Bensa district of Sidama — a vibrantly clean profile of floral aromatics from pristine mountain terroir, reflecting sustainable smallholder dedication. Eucalyptus leads, with brown sugar sweetness and a green tea structure. In the cup: eucalyptus, brown sugar, and green tea.

THE PRODUCER
Bekele Belaycho is an independent coffee producer and organiser operating in the Bensa area of Ethiopia. He owns a main farm in Bombe and a smaller, roughly 5-hectare farm in Kokose, equipped with its own dedicated drying station. Beyond his own plots, he sources coffee from neighbouring smallholders with similar growing conditions, forming a "central farm – satellite producers" model. Annual output reaches approximately 1.5 containers of green coffee, grown at an average elevation of around 2,200 metres.

THE PROCESS
This lot is processed as a White Honey — a lighter honey method that removes most of the mucilage before drying, preserving clarity while adding a touch of body and sweetness.

The White Honey processing is the defining step here — it's what builds the eucalyptus and green tea clarity behind this cup, while the light mucilage retention adds the brown sugar sweetness underneath.

THE CUP
Vibrantly clean and floral — eucalyptus leads, with brown sugar sweetness through the middle and a green tea structure on the finish. A pristine, high-altitude expression of Bensa's mountain terroir.

Flavour Notes
🌿 Eucalyptus 🍬 Brown Sugar 🍵 Green Tea