Koke, Ethiopia (Supernatural) Specialty Coffee

Origin	Ethiopia
Region	Kebele Koke, Woreda Yirgacheffe
Washing Station	Koke
Producer	Primrose
Fermentation	Supernatural
Arabica Variety	Heirloom
Altitude	1900m
Roasting profile	Omni Light (good for espresso | filter)
Resting period	Filter 7 days | Espresso 14 days

When you visit a coffee farm, you expect to see lush coffee trees with a lot of leaves, all planted in neat rows for maximum efficiency and well pruned for increased yields. But should you visit the forest in Koke, you might find your jaw dropping. just a little. The trees are lanky, they’re thin, and they have several trunks extending from the ground. They are not so much planted as much as they grow wherever they choose to spawn from the earth.
This was the visual definition of wild coffee: natural mutations of Arabica trees that speckle the wild forest that grows densely and overhead around the hills surrounding the washing stations. Red dirt roads lead the way to raised drying beds that sit where the land allows it to be flat, while the sun beams down across the low humid / dry air, infusing the flavors of the cherry into the green bean, creating what we inevitably know will be incredibly delicious-tasting coffees. Coffee grown from unpruned, unplanted, wild variety trees.

 

 

Arabica Variety Heirloom
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF "HEIRLOOM"?
As per the definition provided by the Oxford English Dictionary, the term "heirloom" signifies a valuable item that has been in a family for multiple generations. In the realm of coffee, it is widely used to describe longstanding cultivars of the Coffea Arabica plant from Ethiopia.

In the Ethiopian context, "heirloom" frequently pertains to coffee varieties that are indigenous to the country, many of which still exist in their natural state. Ethiopia boasts an estimated 10,000 to 15,000 heirloom coffee varieties, with the majority yet to undergo formal genetic identification.

These heirloom coffee varieties are generally categorized into two groups: JARC varieties and regional landraces. JARC varieties are those that have been developed and researched by the Jimma Agricultural Research Centre, typically selected for desirable traits like disease resistance or increased yield. On the other hand, regional landraces consist of coffee trees that grow naturally in the wild.