Clean, bright, sweet with a very diverse flavor set. Darker fruit, citrus/floral and herbal chocolate will main flavors one can see in this cup. Nice jammy body will be seen in the medium to borderline dark roast mark.
The Kayon Mountain Coffee Farm is 500 hectares with about 300 hectares planted in coffee and has been owned and operated by Ismael Hassen Aredo and his family since 2012. It is located 510 kilometers south of Addis Ababa, and the property crosses the border of two villages—Taro and Sewana—located in the Oromia region, in the Guji zone of the Shakiso district of Ethiopia.
Ismael oversees a staff of 25 permanent full-time and 300 seasonal employees, and the farm management offers free transportation services as well as financial support for building schools and administration buildings for the community. The farm competes with a nearby mining village for seasonal workers, so Ismael and his family tend to pay higher wages to their pickers in order to incentivize them returning year after year.
As a family owned and operated farm, they can sell their coffee “direct”. Most small farmers obtained their trees from the Ethiopian government, and therefore have to be sold and traded through the heavily regulated Ethiopia Commodities Exchange (unless they are members of a cooperative, but that’s another storey). Kayon Mountain farm have built out their own wet and dry milling facilities, handling all post-harvest milling themselves, overseeing quality management, and preparation for export. Like most of the country, the farm is planted in regional, distinct local strains of coffees that have spread from the wild forest.
- Origin: Ethiopia
- Region: Guji
- Producer: The Kayon Mountain Coffee Farm
- Altitude: 1900-2200m
- Cultivar – Heirloom Ethiopian
- Grade – Grade 1
- Processing – Natural Sun-Dried
- Certificate – USDA Organic
- Sourcing: Burman Coffee Traders