Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Dumerso Grade 1

TIP: You can save products to your favorites list if you log in There seems to be a glut of excellent Ethiopian Gedeo Zone washed coffees around these days and we cherry-picked an old favorite, Yirgacheffe Dumerso Grade 1. The Dumerso mill is owned by Surafel Birhanu and his family and this coffee represents many smallholder, heirloom varietal farms in the area of the mill proper. The farmers deliver ripe red cherry to the mill where it is sorted, pulped, and fermented for 36-48 hours. After the final washing it goes to raised African drying beds, where it gets turned every two-three hours during the first two days of drying in the hot sun. After a total of 10-12 days total dry time, having reached a moisture level of 11.5%, it gets bagged and shipped to Addis Ababa for final milling and shipping.
We noticed and particularly liked the notes of toasted coconut and peach in this Yirgacheffe in pourover, using a Hario V60. It is also chocolately, sweet and floral, some lavender tones popping out. A very fine coffee!