Ethiopia Mersha Syoum Anaerobic

About this coffee

We’re getting about 25 different coffees from our Ethiopian partners Bette Buna this year, so we’ve decided to name a few lots after one of the people who worked on producing it, exporting it, or contributing to social work at Bette Buna.

This one is named for Mersha, Dawit Syoum's father and farm/nursery manager extraordinaire (pictured above, left). Known for his kindness and sense of humour, Mersha uses his position as Taferi Kela community leader to empower everyone around him. He manages the day-to-day of Bette Buna's Sidamo farm and coffee plant nursery, giving special attention to employees who need extra care or help. Once skeptical about the power of coffee to change communities, he now loves to teach and motivate as many people as he can in good coffee farming practices.

This stunning 'Mersha' lot is redolent with big floral notes of coffee blossom, coffee cherry, and sweet-tart strawberry. This lot was air-freighted in, so it's an extra special treat: you won't normally encounter Ethiopian coffee this fresh, since it usually arrives by ship! This tastes like the coffee fruit and flower itself ... it's your chance to experience what coffee buyers taste when they go to Ethiopia.