We taste: berries, milk chocolate, jammy

Wet Mill/Washing Station: Banko Gotiti
Region: Worka, Yirgacheffe
Processing Method: Natural (Grade 1)
Elevation: 1600-2300 msl
Variety: Ethiopian Heirloom Varieties

Banko Gotiti is a village in the Yirgacheffe ("Ir-ga-CHEF-ay") region in southern Ethiopia. The Banko Gotiti cooperative was founded in 2012 and has about 300 members who grow a mix of heirloom Ethiopian varieties of coffee.

Coffees in Ethiopia are typically grown on very small plots of land by farmers who also grow other crops. The majority of smallholders will deliver their coffee in cherry to a nearby washing station or central processing unit, where their coffee will be sorted, weighed, and paid for or given a receipt. Coffee is then processed, usually washed or natural, by the washing station and dried on raised beds. Typically farmers in this region don't have access to and therefore do not utilize fertilizers or pesticides in the production of coffee. 

When brewed, this naturally processed coffee is juicy and sweet with hints of blueberry jam, milk chocolate, and ripe peach. As it cools, the coffee continues to sweeten as winey hints of raspberry emerge.