Moata - Ethiopia

CUP SCORE 89.25 (SCA cup protocol)

Jasmine / Lime / Black tea / Peach / Apricot

suggested for espresso and filter

 

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We roast to order all coffees on Wednesday and Saturday, dispatching on next working day. Cut-off time is 8am UTC+1

 

Technical detail

Duromina co-op           Ethiopia  
   Producer                Country
 
    Jimma                     2000 mt
Region/Terroir         Elevation   

 

 Wet (washed)           Heirlooms
Fermentation           Cultivar  

 

    January 16              August 16
     Picked in              Landed in

 

         7000 kg              GrainPro bags
     Lot size                Arrived in
                                     Self-made
   Rubens Gardelli     drum roaster
  Roast profile by    Roasted on

 

 THE STORY BEHIND

“Moata” means “Champion” in the Afan Oromo language. This lot is produced by Duromina cooperative in southwestern Jimma Zone. Coffee has grown here for generations but was traditionally processed using the dry, natural method. Farmers paid little attention to quality control. Despite an ideal climate and altitude for coffee growing, the area’s coffee was synonymous with poor quality. Year after year, farmers received low prices for their coffee, earning little income as a result. On paper these farmers had it all; very high altitude, rich and fertile soils, Ethiopia's incredibly complex heirloom varietals and good rainfall. The missing link was quality control. Now that this has been addressed, the Duromina farmers produce coffees of outstanding quality with scores of 90+ being achieved.

In 2010, around one hundred local coffee farmers banded together to form Duromina. As the name suggests, their goal was simple: to improve their lives. With technical support, business advice and access to finance through TechnoServe’s Coffee Initiative, the members acquired and installed a wet mill and began processing fully washed coffee for the first time. These improvements helped Duromina produce high-quality coffee and bring new prosperity to the community. Two years later, an international panel of professional judges would select Duromina’s coffee as the best in Africa, awarding the cooperative the top prize in the leading regional cupping competition.

An interesting feature of this coffee is its varietal. This coffee is mainly an improved native varietal called 1274, but also a mix of Ethiopian Heirloom. Ethiopia, being an "origin of all origins", has hundreds of heirloom varietals. This is the first time for us, tasting this Ethiopian varietal 1274.

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All orders are shipped on Monday, Wednesday and Friday (excluding national Holidays).
Cut-off time is 11:59pm (UTC+1) of the day before shipping days.