Clifton Coffee Roasters: Ethiopia, Banko Gotiti, Washed

This exceptional lot was processed, dry milled and exported by Legu Trading. The coffee was grown by smallholder farmers living around the town of Bank Gotiti in the Gedeo County in Yirgacheffe. Most contributing farmers own less than a hectare of land, and they grow coffee as a cash crop. Coffee in this region will usually be interspersed with other subsistence crops, such as sweet potato, mangoes and avocados. The cherries are selectively hand-picked before being delivered to collection points, to be transported to the mill. The coffee is pulped on arrival and stored in fermentation tanks for 12-18 hours depending. After fermentation the coffee is fully washed through grading channels and is then dried on raised African beds.