Ethiopia Alo Chilaka - Natural

Variety: JARC 74158
Process: Natural
Region: Bensa, Sidama
Altitude: 2,100 to 2,300 masl
Tasting notes: Pineapple, white grape, jasmine

Producer information:

Tamiru Tadesse was born in Alo, a small village in Bensa, in Ethiopia’s Sidama region. Before dedicating himself to coffee, he was a university professor and an electrical engineer. In 2020 he founded Alo Coffee with his wife Messi with a clear goal: to give the coffees of their area and the smallholder farmers behind them the recognition they deserve.

In 2021 with one of their first lots they won first place at the Cup of Excellence Ethiopia with a score of 90.60.

Today they work with smallholder farmers through several processing stations. Tamiru is known for his curiosity: he combines traditional methods such as washed and natural with anaerobic fermentations and techniques using must, mucilage or cherry husk to bring out very different profiles. This is a very expressive coffee, a sweet, fruity and aromatic natural.