Coffee Description
This cup launches with caramel-drizzled ripe peach sprinkled with warm brown spices. Sweet, intense, complex, it’s a veritable cornucopia of citrus, stone fruits, and flavor-saturated florals. Caramel and candied lemon notes linger long after the last sip of this smooth-bodied, bright coffee.
Roast Level from the Roaster
Refers to the roast level in comparison with other coffees from the roaster
Medium
Variety
Process
Washed
Elevation
1700-2200 masl
Region
Kochere, Gedeo Zone
About Smallholder producers of Ethiopia
Approximately 650 smallholder farmers near the town of Banko Gutiti established their own cooperative as a separate entity from the much larger Worka Cooperative. Member farmers mostly grow their coffees along with other garden crops in their gardens, bringing their cherries to be processed at the Alemu Washing Station, which provides services for about 750 of the area’s farmers.
There are twenty-seven cooperatives affiliated with the Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (YCFCU), and the Banko Gutiti Co-op is one of these. Total membership is in excess of 35,000 coffee producers. The UCFCU is working to establish and support a sustainable coffee supply from the region, which is part of the Gedeo Zone, SNNPR.
Kochere, Gedeo Zone, Ethiopia
Mast Coffee Co.
Many coffee roasters start as a cafe and segue into roasting, but the two 23-year-old entrepreneurs who founded Mast Coffee Co. in 2013 had a different vision. Roseville, California (just outside of Sacramento) needed quality coffee, and Mast would provide it. Begun as a wholesale company with a focus on both outstanding coffees and customer service, Mast Coffee Co. quickly grew and will soon be opening a retail café.
Michael Sanchez and Stephen Mentze started Mast Coffee Co. in a garage, but quickly grew to a 3,500 sq. foot facility where they roast during the day and jam at night (both are accomplished drummers). From roasting on a popcorn popper to acquiring a 1989 Probat L12, these dedicated coffee dudes are building a family around great coffee and caring service in Northern California.