ETHIOPIA - Ocholo Bedecho
TINNED PEACHES / SUGAR CANE / FLORAL
Welcome to Earth — layered, grounded, and quietly complex.
Origin: Guji, Ethiopia
Producer: Mr. Ocholo Bedecho
Process: Washed
Varietal: Heirloom Ethiopian Varieties
Source: Cafe Imports
Roast: Omni
This coffee is delicate, peachy and sweet! Leading with tinned peaches and mellow caramel flavours and finishing with clean fruit-like sweetness and mild juicy acidity.
About the Process - Washed
The process of producing Washed coffees in Ethiopia will vary slightly from washing station to washing station, but generally speaking the coffee is picked ripe and depulped the same day. There is usually a fermentation period of 8–12 hours in open-air tanks, then washed in water channels to remove the mucilage. The coffee seeds will be spread on raised beds to dry for 5–15 days, depending on the weather.
About the Producer
Program: Single Farmer Project
Single Farmer Project - Mr. Ocholo Bedecho - Grade 1 - Arsosala
The Single Farmer Project is the result of an effort to support Ethiopian producers with a marketplace for farm-traceable coffees. Back in 2012, during a turbulent time in Ethiopia's coffee exporting history, Partner and CEO Jason Long worked with an established cooperative to export some of the first ever truly “Farm Traceable” lots from Ethiopia. This was the first time a roaster could highlight the individual farmer for their Ethiopian Coffee. It was the start of an incredible project and truly began the movement for traceability in Ethiopia as we see more often today. This project also gave us some very fun stories like literally bringing a backpack full of Ethiopian Birr to Yirgacheffe with COO Noah Namowicz to pay the premiums directly to these farmers who participated. This project is made possible in conjunction with important export partners supporting and bringing to market individual farmer lots. Samples are sent out to potential buyers, price is negotiated on the farmers' behalf, and contracts are only accepted when the producer agrees on a sales price and their name is on the contract for each coffee they sell. “Our goals with this project would be to help garner and develop long-term relationships between the producers we are already working with and coffee roasting companies that share in the values of transparency, traceability, and relationship that this program represents," says Claudia, green-coffee buyer for Cafe Imports.
Recommended for all filter brewing methods & espresso.
Best enjoyed black — but as always, who are we to tell you how to drink your coffee.
We hope you enjoy it!!