BASHA BEKELE DUWANCHO

Farmers: Basha Bekele & ~100 small farmers

Origin: Bensa, Ethiopia

Altitude: 2250m

Process: Natural

Varietal: Ancestrale 74158

Notes: blood orange, Rooibos tea, long sunsets

From the same place and people that brought us Nguisse Nare comes BOMBE DUWANCHO. High up on a ridge at 2,300 MASL in Bombe, Duwancho sits among the highest-altitude washing stations in all of Ethiopia. We’ve had our eyes (and cups) on this region for years, and it keeps delivering — consistently placing among the top performers in the Ethiopian Cup of Excellence. The elevation here pushes the coffee to develop exceptionally dense seeds, giving way to those vibrant, layered profiles we chase every season.

Producer Basha took home first place at the COE unsurprisingly but, we all knew it was inevitable. These coffees have become some of our all-time favourites — and clearly, we’re not the only ones.