Ethiopia Sidamo (Local Pickup or Delivery Only)

This coffee is a Grade 2 washed coffees from Sidama is a clean and snappy brightness with abundant complexity, a honeyed sweetness, and nuanced stone fruit flavors.  

Sidama has one of the most robust cooperative unions in the country, with 53 member cooperatives, as well as a thriving industry of independent washing stations. Coffees here can be planted at some of the world’s highest elevations, with some of the best soil and processing conditions found anywhere in Ethiopia. 

Fully washed coffees in Sidama (also spelled “Sidamo” by some) are typically fermented slowly, 36 to 48 hours, due to the low ambient overnight temperatures in the region and the replenishment of cold groundwater throughout the process. 

Tasting Notes: Blueberry, lemon, black tea

Grower: Various smallholder farmers

Altitude: 1700-2300 masl

Variety: Indigenous landraces and regional heirloom cultivars

Region: Sidama Zone, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region, Ethiopia

Process: Fully washed and dried on raised beds