Ethiopia Yirgacheffe

Grown between 1,900 and 2,100 metres in the Gedeo zone, this washed heirloom lot is the coffee that convinced us to open the roastery. We roast it light to keep the florals intact — the beans barely reach first crack before we drop them.

In the cup it leads with jasmine and bergamot, settles into ripe peach, and finishes dry and tea-like. Brewed as a pour-over at a 1:16 ratio it is luminous; pulled as a filter batch for a full carafe it stays just as delicate.

Harvested November to January, shipped in GrainPro and roasted in 12kg batches on our drum roaster at the harbour.