Story
Blackberry jam and torched sugar, with a juicy sweetness that drinks like fresh fruit. This Sidamo natural is one of the sweetest, most fruit-forward coffees we are running this summer, and it turns into an outrageous cold brew.
Shantawene leads with clean, jammy fruit. Big blueberry up front, blackberry behind it, juicy and sweet, finishing on a torched-sugar note like the browned top of a crème brûlée. It carries the body and dried-fruit weight of a natural, and the fruit stays clean the whole way through. We tasted it against other naturals this season, and this was the one we kept coming back to.
It comes from the Shantawene washing station in Sidamo, near the base of Bombe mountain in southern Ethiopia. The station buys cherry from smallholders in the surrounding villages and pays a premium for ripe, hand-picked fruit, then dries it on raised beds and turns it by hand for an even cure. That care is what gives the fruit its clarity.
Ethiopia Shantawene
Ethiopia Shantawene
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Characteristics
Medium Light
Juicy & Sweet
Fruit-Forward
Blackberry Jam, Torched Sugar, Juicy
Shantawene Washing Station
Smallholder Farmers
2,000 - 2,200 MASL
Heirloom
Natural
Sidamo
Story
Blackberry jam and torched sugar, with a juicy sweetness that drinks like fresh fruit. This Sidamo natural is one of the sweetest, most fruit-forward coffees we are running this summer, and it turns into an outrageous cold brew.
Shantawene leads with clean, jammy fruit. Big blueberry up front, blackberry behind it, juicy and sweet, finishing on a torched-sugar note like the browned top of a crème brûlée. It carries the body and dried-fruit weight of a natural, and the fruit stays clean the whole way through. We tasted it against other naturals this season, and this was the one we kept coming back to.
It comes from the Shantawene washing station in Sidamo, near the base of Bombe mountain in southern Ethiopia. The station buys cherry from smallholders in the surrounding villages and pays a premium for ripe, hand-picked fruit, then dries it on raised beds and turns it by hand for an even cure. That care is what gives the fruit its clarity.
