We are very pleased to offer this exceptional coffee from Ethiopia, Tadesse Wonka. Our coffee importer absolutely gushed about this coffee after cupping it and we can see why. It’s a very bright and complex coffee that showcases why so many fall in love with Ethiopia as an origin.

Part of Tadesse’s exceptional quality is the unique story of how it came to be: the producer, Heleanna Georgalis is a fourth generation coffee professional, whose father, Yiannis, moved from Greece to Ethiopia during WW2 and settled within Ethiopia’s Orthodox Christian community and became a huge player in Ethiopian coffee. Heleanna had studied business in Europe and planned to stay, but when her father passed away, she returned to Ethiopia to retain the family’s ownership of the land and soon embraced coffee production as a career.

Heleanna’s coffee quickly became known for sophisticated farming and processing techniques, as well as a love for experimentation and risk taking: essential for transitioning into specialty coffee production. This is clearly shown with Tadesse Wonka, an exquisite and clean coffee that tastes of lemon, blackberry and floral flavors.