Jasmine, Orange, raspberry, apricot flavor. Black tea ending with plum, raisin, red currant tone.
This is the non-competition lot of Robi Wet Coffee Processing PLC, who ranked no. 26 in Ethiopia’s COE 2021. Robi is a coffee supplier who has been in the coffee industry for two years and works with more than 300 farmers in Nensebo woreda, West Arsi zone of the Oromia region. Each farmer has an average of three hectares on which they grow their coffee at an altitude of 1900-2100 meters above sea level. The farmers applying conventional agricultural practices, grow the 74/110 variety of coffee. Currently, Robi collected, a total of 120,000 kilograms from these farmers. It processed the coffee mostly into washed and a lesser amount into dry natural coffee. Robi used to sell his coffee to the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange but as of last year, it has supplied its coffee to Tracon Trading PLC, which is a coffee exporter
It’s always not easy to truly understand the Region and Zone in Ethiopia when mapping the trademarked “Growing Region” (e.g. Yirgacheffe, Guji, Sidamo) over the map. What make things worst are the newly established Sidama Region in 2020, making it one of the ten regions in the country, on the same level as Oromia and SNNPR). That’s why you can find the winning list organized differently in first COE in 2020 and 2nd COE in 2021 (Top 30 winner list), and seeing more and more new Zone-Region names that originally blended into Guji or Sidamo growing region.
West Arsi is close to Bale Mountain National Park, has very high altitude farms up to 2600 metres. They produce some truly unique Ethiopian coffees that were previously blended and sold as Sidamo. There are 5 coffee from West Arsi that can enter Top 30 in 2021 COE. Some roaster even found that coffee from Nensebo woreda has a very interesting new profiles with notes of blackcurrant, blueberries and candied plums with a touch of violet, much like the SL28 from Kenya. Pay more attention to this region down the road – West Arsi.
- Origin: Ethiopia
- Region: Oromia, West Arsi Zone
- Farmers: small farmers in Nensebo woreda
- Mill: Robi Wet Coffee Processing PLC
- Altitude: 1900-1950m
- Processing: Natural sun-dried
- Variety: 74/110
- Sourcing: Blossom Valley International Ltd, Taiwan