FEATURE FILTER | Bette Buna Megadu Signature Washed | Ethiopia

About this coffee

We are excited to be roasting Bette' Buna’s coffees for the second season this year and have selected a number of delicious microlots to share with you, starting with this exceptional washed lot. As they are renovating trees and transitioning to build their own wet mill at Taferi Kela farm, this year’s washed lot comes from the Megadu community with cherry sourced from their independent farmer network and processed together with producer Hassan Ware using Bette Buna’s signature washed method. For this process, ripe cherries are selected before pulping. After pulping, the coffee is fermented and washed to remove the remaining mucilage from the parchment. The washed parchment is then dried according to the required lot specifications, with regular handling used to support even drying and maintain separation from other lots.

Bette Buna literally translates to “Home of Coffee” and their work includes acting as an exporter as well as operating two farms & processing sites - in Taferi Kela, Sidama and Megadu, Guji, and perhaps most importantly being a pillar in their communities, using quality coffee as a tool for inclusive local development.

VarietalLocal landrace, JARC74110 and 74112 Process: Washed; sorted, de-pulped, fermented in tanks, washed and dried on raised beds