Aricha

QIMA COFFEE

Heirloom - Red Honey 

Ethiopia

This is our first ever Aricha lot, sourced by our sourcing partner, QIMA coffee UK. This rare, red-honey processed lot, has a remarkable uniformity (only 2% were removed as defects by our new Ai Sorter!) that is an anomaly for a regional select lot from Ethiopia.

What makes this coffee unique is its red honey process that is considerately designed to subside “fermentation/natural process flavors” and to bring out the terroir the best: the characteristic of the native landraces are surprisingly maximized.

In the cup, you will be greeted with a refreshing flavors of lemon squash with juicy plum underlay, that leads the way to vibrant lavender finish.

Our tasting notes:

• lemon squash, plum, lavender

Area: Gedeb, Ethiopia

Altitude: 1940 masl

Varietal: Heirloom

Process: red honey

Smallholder farmers deliver their ripe cherries to the Aricha coffee mill station, where the cherries are sorted, de-pulped, and then fermented with the mucilage intact for 36 to 48 hours before being fully washed. The wet beans, still in parchment, are placed on raised drying beds in thin layers and turned every 2 to 3 hours during the first few days of drying. Depending on the weather, the beans are dried for 10 to 12 days until the moisture content is reduced to 11.5%