Ethiopia Guji Ocholo Bedecho

The Guji Region is one of the most remote coffee regions, but also produces some of the most legendary coffees. This one came from producer Ocholo Bedecho and surprised us with the complexity and interesting flavors coming through.

Mr Ocholo is the father of two daughters and 6 sons and the family work on the farm full time. Through coffee, he has managed to send all his children to school although they help in the farm after school when they can. Most of his income comes from his coffee farm although he also processes some vegetables and Enset (false banana) for daily food from his back yard/garden.

This lot is of uncategorized heirloom varietals and it has both sweet fruit (lemon curd, orange zest) and floral notes (lavender) It's a Grade 1 sort and very clean tasting and consistent to roast. You want to roast this like you would any other natural processed Ethiopia coffee and don't take it too far out of first cracks or give it too long of a roast.  Bump your heat up towards the end so that you don't stall out the roast.

US arrival: Aug 2024