Origin: Uraga, Guji, Ethiopia
Roast: Filter - light roast
Flavour Profile: Bergamot, marmalade, biscuit. Buttery and floral
Process: Washed
Variety: Ethiopian heirloom varieties
Producer: Smallholders of Uraga
Altitude: 1,800 - 1,900 MASL
Importer: Cafe Imports
Arsosala washing station was founded in 2015, and it currently serves around 1,200 smallholder producers in the Uraga woreda of Guji. Coffee cherries are picked ripe and depulped the same day, then fermented overnight before being washed clean and dried on raised beds.
Coffees in Ethiopia are typically grown on very small plots of land by farmers who also grow other crops. The blending of these cherries into day lots makes it virtually impossible under normal circumstances to know precisely whose coffee is in which bags, making traceability to the producer difficult. Cafe Imports, the importer of this coffee, make every available effort to source coffee from the same washing stations every year, and we have purchased Arsosala's washed coffee in previous years.
Typically farmers in this region don't have access to and therefore do not use fertilisers or pesticides in the production of coffee.
Whole beans or pre-ground?
Coffee deteriorates much faster once it is ground, making whole beans the ideal way to purchase coffee. If you don't have a grinder though, all good!
Grind Guide
Whole Beans - not ground, you have your own grinder
Commercial Espresso - very fine for a commercial espresso machine
Home Espresso - quite fine for a domestic espresso machine
Stovetop - fine for percolator / moka pot
Pour Over - medium for pour over or aeropress
Plunger - course for plunger / french press
Batch Brewer - very course for Moccamaster and other batch brewers
Making coffee at home
Follow this guide to ensure you're using the same ratios and standards as we do at Patricia
