BOOKKISA - ETHIOPIA

About this coffee

Trusty Bookkisa returns. This is our sixth (!) year buying from Ture Waji, aka 'The King of Guji' and Sookoo Coffee. A naturally processed lot, cherry is collected from the sub-kelele of Bookkisa and dried at the Dambi Uddo station high up in the hills of Shakiso. Ture is well known for producing stunningly clean naturals, and this year we're tasting loads of florals (think lavender), berries (think blueberries, cranberries & raspberries) with that sweet creamy, choccy base.

All of the cherry that is delivered to Dambi Uddo is fully organic. The cherry is separated by sub-kebele upon delivery. This lot is from the Bookkisa sub-kebele within the Swana kebele. Meticulously dried in very thin layers for 15 to 20 days, this is a perfect example of a clean and vibrant Ethiopian natural. Shout out to Osito, our importing partners, for bringing us this banger year on year.

Sookoo Coffee is perhaps the most foundational relationship of Osito's in Ethiopia, which, generally, is one of our greatest countries of focus. We have been working with Sookoo's founder, Ture Waji, since our earliest days of sourcing in Ethiopia. Ture and his brother, Assefa, founded the company (legally, Dambi Uddo Agro Industry) in late 2018/early 2019. In that same harvest, Osito delivered to Dambi Uddo their very first registered purchase contract. Sookoo Coffee is located in Odo Shakiso within the Oromia Region and Guji Zone. Each lot is named for the kebele from which the cherry comes (e.g. Shoondhisa or Bookkisa). Most of the cherry being delivered are one of two varieties; Gibirinna 74110 and Serto 74112. Both of these are from the Metu Bishari selections made in the forest of the same name in the Illubabor Zone by the Jimma Agricultural Research Center (JARC) in 1974. They were selected for their resistance to Coffee Berry Disease (CBD {no, not THAT CBD...}). Now, they are some of the most propagated varieties in Ethiopia.

VarietalGibirinna 74110 & Serto 74112