*We roast every Tuesday. All orders placed before Monday 12:00pm (AEST) will be roasted and fulfilled that Tuesday. All orders placed after that will be roasted the following week.
Country - Ethiopia
Region - Yirgacheffe
Producer/s - Local small-holders
Washing Station - Aricha
Processing - Fully-washed
Varietal/s - Heirloom
Altitude - 1880 MASL
Harvest - December/January 2022/23
Flavour Notes - Peach, Lemon & Caramel
Aricha is like an old friend to us here. It is our 5th year offering this cooperative's coffee. Yirgacheffe coffees are known for their floral and citrus quality. Aricha has always been a benchmark of these characteristics.
Coffee from Aricha is typically grown on a very small scale in the producers' garden, where it is intercropped with other subsistence crops. During processing, the skin of ripe cherries is physically removed using a pulp machine and water. The mucilage around the parchment is removed during the fermentation process. Once fermentation is completed, the parchment is thoroughly washed with clean spring water to remove all traces of fermented mucilage. At Aricha, like many wet-mills in Ethiopia, the parchment is dried on African raised beds under shade for 10-14 days. This gives the coffee stability and longevity of flavour.
Espresso Recipe: 1:3 ratio
In: 20 grams dry dose
Out: 60 grams beverage weight output
Time: Contact time of 28+ seconds
Filter Recipe: 1:17 ratio
In: 20 grams dry coffee
Out: 335 grams brewing water
Time: 3:00-3:30 minutes
