Gardelli – KERAMO VILLAGE (ETHIOPIA) 250GR

Terroir Best Lot

QUALITY SCORE: 89.50

Cup Notes

Bergamot / Blueberry / Mango / Tangerine / Strawberry

Suggested for espresso and filter

TECHNICAL DETAILS

QUALITY SCORE

89.50

SERIES

Terroir Best Lot

PRODUCER

Several small farmers

COUNTRY

Ethiopia

TERROIR

Bombe mountains

ALTITUDE

1960-2360 masl

FERMENTATION

Classic Natural

ARABICA CULTIVAR

Ethiopia Heirlooms

PICKED IN

January 2021

ARRIVED IN

October 2021

SHIPPED IN

GrainPro bags

ROAST PROFILE BY

Rubens Gardelli

ROASTED ON

Customised roaster

THE STORY BEHIND

The producers of Keramo, who live high in the beautiful Bombe mountains, deliver their coffee to Daye Bensa’s Keramo washing station as outgrowers. The outgrower group consists of about 1500 growers in various parts of the mountain range.

Daye Bensa is a coffee export company, founded by the brothers Asefa and Mulugeta Dukamo, in 2006. Asefa and Mulugeta have lots of experience, and started out as coffee suppliers in the Sidama area. The younglings of the family have also joined the company as Daye Bensa started to grow, and now family members like Kenean, schooled in the USA, work in commerce and finance, and Eliyas – in quality assurance.

Keramo cherries are processed at Keramo washing station. The cherries are gathered at some of the most elevated farms in Ethiopia, with elevations up to 2360 meter above sea level. The beans are very dense, with heavy concentration of the smaller screen sizes due to slow maturation at higher altitudes.

Cup of Excellence:

In 2020, Daye Bensa won the 7th place in the Cup of Excellence with their Assefa Dukamo Natural, grown on Gatta farm and processed in Shantawene station. This year, Assefa Dukamo of Daye Bensa is participating with a washed Hamasho coffee and reached the 8th place in the ranking.