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Roasting on 25th June 2025
Shipping on 26th June 2025
Region : Bensa, Sidama
Varietal : 74158(screen size below 12)
Process : Traditional natural
Altitude : 2,320masl - 2,400masl
We have been waiting for fascinating traditional natural coffee for years, and finally this is the one.
Tamiru Tadesse is undoubtedly renowned producer in Ethiopia especially since he won the first place in the 2021 Ethiopian Cup of Excellence.
He works with numerous numbers of local farmers while he experiments many different processing methods on the cherries he purchases. It results in refined processed cup with high clarity and clean profiles.
Generally coffee beans from Alo coffee are very small due to the cultivation in such a high altitude. 'XS' simply refers to extra small. This lot has 2 divisions, one with above screen size 12, and another with below screen size 12. 12 means 5mm in diameter.
We sampled both, and this extra small beans have way more of clarity and better taste balance. It is tough to roast these minute beans with high density, as it starts over-developing very quickly once it reaches 1st crack.
It is a light roast, thus the intensity of the brewed coffee would not be such a challenge to even non-coffee drinkers.
This distinct blueberry-like coffee boasts highly layered profiles.
- (Always) It can be developed within the range of dark fruit such as blueberry / boysenberry / Campbell grape / cherry
- (Often) It can be developed within the range of fragrant tea such as French Earl Grey tea / hibiscus tea
- (Often) It can be developed within the range of florality such as peach / purple flower
- (Always) Its sweetness follows, and reminisces of papaya / melon / vanilla / honeycomb
- (sometimes) There is a unique spicy and savoury note reminding of Shichimi
- (Often) The body is medium light, silky and sleek but it can vary depending on different extractions
Also we have found this coffee consistently blueberry, Earl Grey tea, and papaya during our production cupping & tasting with plenty of various brewing methods, so most of you are likely to get those as well.
It is roasted for both filter coffee and espresso. It also gives you a wide variety of flavour changes over temperature, so it is recommended to try on our filter brewing methods.
- Brewing ratio : 1(coffee) to 16(brewing water) - You will get to understand what 'winey' coffee is.
- Brewing time : around 02:20 to extract the most pleasant sweetness of this coffee.
- Brewing water temperature : 93 degrees Celsius water.
It is also very good with immersion methods such as Clever or Plunger.
- Brewing ratio : 1(coffee) to 18(brewing water).
- Brewing time : 3 - 4 minutes (medium coarse grind size).
- Brewing water temperature : 95 degrees Celsius water.
Try this reference recipe on an espresso machine, then start dialing in accordingly if needed.
- 16.5g dose in 20g basket
- Brewing time 19 - 23 seconds(on EK-43)
- 30g out
- Brewing water temperature : 94 degrees Celsius water.
Reminder
- Generally coffee tastes much better and cleaner when at least a week old since roasted.
- Operate the camera app on your mobile, then place the QR code in the screen for additional information of the coffee.