Ethiopia Tariku Kare

Pineapple Lemongrass Chamomile

Tariku Kare’s coffee shows there are still new frontiers in coffee’s homeland of Ethiopia. Tariku operates in Nensebo woreda, a new coffee growing region in Oromia with its own wild varietals and dizzying elevations. This lot from his station exhibits flavors of pineapple upside down cake, with a very clean body that allows more delicate notes of lemongrass and chamomile to shine through.

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About This Coffee

Flavors: Pineapple, Lemongrass, Chamomile

Sourced from: Sidama, Ethiopia

Elevation grown: 2200 METERS

Producers: 593 smallholders

Varietals: Heirloom

Harvested: 2024

Process: Washed

Tariku Kare worked his way from the bottom of the Ethiopian coffee industry, sorting cherry at 15 at his local cooperative before being tapped to manage a washing station in Nansebo. Market disruptions shuttered this station, so Tariku opened a new one with 17 other workers. Later, he opened his own washing station in Arsi, to supply international buyers, and then returned to his hometown of Bombe to open another, which supplied this lot. He pays a premium for ripe red cherry, one of the most crucial steps in guaranteeing coffee quality from so many different producers.

Sidama, Ethiopia

Nensebo is about 400km west of Addis Ababa, and has about 5,000 hectares of coffee planted by hundreds of farmers. The average farm is only 2 hectares, and grows a local mix of varieties, including wild ones originating in native forests. Crucially, the elevations are extremely high, with some farms reaching up to 2,200 meters above sea level, all but guaranteeing the pleasant acidity we love in washed coffees.

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