Washed Ethiopian Hambela Estate

This is a washed Ethiopian bean, meaning that it is wet-processed.  It comes from the Hambela Estate in south-central Ethiopia.  Hambela is a third generation family farm, now run by Aman Adinew.  He is committed to the local community, and has helped establish healthcare for employees and sponsored a local elementary school.

Hambela Estate is also committed to quality, and their business, METAD, ” has the first and only private state-of-the-art SCAA certified coffee quality control lab on the African continent used to train both domestic and international coffee professionals”–according to this profile sheet.

In the cup, this is a sweet brew, with light citrus tones and a stone fruit finish.  Delicious.