TROPICAL SAVANNA

About this coffee

Our new blend, Tropical Savana, is named after the Cerrado region in Brazil. With this blend, we wanted to create a coffee that was chocolate-forward, naturally sweet and syrupy, but also had a hint of fruit. To create this, we have blended 66% of our Natural Brazil from Afonso Donizetti Silva and 34% of our washed Ethiopia from the smallholder producers located in Adame Village, Yirgacheffe. This is perfect for those who love chocolaty coffee but also enjoy a subtle floral and fruity hint that tastes great however you brew it.

This coffee was produced by smallholder producers in the Buku kebele, or village, and was processed at the Buku washing station operated by Esayas Bareso. The Buku Abel village, where the washing station is located within the West Guji zone, sits 2350 meters above sea level, representing one of the highest coffee producing altitudes we’ve come across.

Local farmers grow locally selected varieties 74110, 74112, and 74158, which were developed by the Jimma Agricultural Research Center (JARC) in the 1970s. Cherries are manually harvested before being taken to the processing station where they are handsorted before being processed. The sorted cherries are then dried on raised beds where they are turned frequently until reaching their ideal humidity. All coffee is hand sorted a final time after drying before being prepared for export.