Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Gedeb washed

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The Aynalem Kupo coffee processing site is named after the owner of the station, Aynalem Kupo, and supports 200 smallholder farms surrounding Bareda kebele (Bareda town) in Gedeb. The farms in this area grow coffee at elevations of 1800-2200 meters above sea level and deliver ripe cherry to the washing station.
While this lot was a Grade 2, it outperformed Grade 1 coffees from the washing station in most sensory areas crucial to the taste in the cup. Typically black tea/Earl Grey with bergamot overtones, chocolatey and berry-forward as a pourover.