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Ethiopia Guji Shakiso Gigesa Washed
$5.00 - $282.81
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Country: Ethiopia
Location: Shakiso, Danbi Uddo Kebele, Shakiso District, Guji Zone, Oromia
Washing Station: Gigesa Washing Station
Farmer/Grower: 500 smallholder farmers
Varieties: Local Heirloom
Processing: Washed
Altitude: 1850-2100 m.a.s.l.
Humidity: 11.2%
Density: 1.17 g/ml
Harvest Date: January, 2024
Arrival Date: August, 2024
Grade: 1
Marks: 010-0276-0118
Reference ID: HA-3210-01
SCA Cupping Score: 85.75
- Fragrance of lime blossom and green tea. Notes of jasmine, white sugar and white tea with an aftertaste of green grape and green tea. Medium malic and citric acidity with a light, tea-like body.
- Somewhere between light-medium and medium roast is the sweet spot for this coffee from Guji. The acidity is delicious yet mild. The sweetness is prevalent even in very light roasts. For the full bouquet of notes, try roasting light (about 90-95 Agtron). For more cooked sugary notes, such as caramel, and less tea-like notes, try pushing into medium roast territory (about 80 to 90 Agtron). Note that this coffee has a tendancy to speed up after first crack. Check out our Roast Approach on this coffee here.
Gigesa is a small town in the Danbi Uddo Kebele
near the town of Shakiso in the Guji Zone of Ethiopia.
The Gigesa washing station holds NOP and EU Organic certification.
Freshly picked cherries are delivered to the Gigesa washing station and immediately depulped. The pulped coffee will rest in fermentation tanks for 36 to 48 hours depending on the weather conditions! During the long fermentation process, the mucilage is broken down and ultimately removed through a final washing of the coffee in the canals. After being fully washed, the coffee is dried on raised beds for 10-12 days.
The Gigesa washing station is owned and operated by the Yonis family. As part of the quality control process, fresh cherries are floated in water to separate lower qualities before depulping. Traditional disc pulpers are used and the coffee is allowed at least 24 hours to ferment before being fully washed and set to dry on raised beds for 10-12 days on average. We have had the pleasure of working with Faysel since 2015 and the coffee never disappoints!