Africa

The name Njuriga has a cultural meaning for the Kikuyu tribe. It is the place where the men from the tribe were initiated into adulthood, and now the wetmill, or processing area, where this coffee is washed, fermented, and dried, bears this name. It seems appropriate, because this is where the ripe coffee cherries are transformed into the green coffee beans that can then be roasted and enjoyed. This new cooperative is made up of farmers whose holdings average about one acre each. The...

It is not common that we offer washed coffee from Ethiopia, that is why this special coffee is expected by lovers of washed coffees but from this amazing country. This coffee is likewise sourced from the more than 700 peasant families of the small community of Dumerso, in Ethiopia's renowned Yirgacheffe coffee region.For this washed-process coffee, the coffee, after being harvested, goes through the pulping process, which is to remove the first red skin, then it is left in fermentation tanks...

Anteneh germinates and plants his own heirloom variety coffees, growing them under native shade trees. The favorable high-altitude farm location, along with the particular heirloom varieties combines to create a very complex coffee. The coffee cherries are dried using the natural process on raised beds, leaving the farm only when the dried coffee is ready to be shipped directly to us. We've been partnering with Anteneh since 2018. We're excited to keep building this fabulous relationship!...