A good fruitiness upfront balanced with spicy (hint of earthy anise) chocolate notes. Red fruit and bakers chocolate are the dominate tones – fruit is accentuated with lighter roasts, chocolaty with darker roasts. A lovely super complex old world natural.
This coffee is produced by legacy farmers of various sizes in the high mountains of Sa’adah and Ibb Governorate. Coffee-growing families in Sa’adah and Ibb, similar to many others across the country, tend parcels of terraced land passed through many generations. Coffee is the one crop that continues to survive above all others, both for the livelihood it provides, as well as being a deep social tradition that keeps communities together. Yemen is the oldest territory on Earth to cultivate coffee. Its seed stock, originally transported from wild arabica landraces in Ethiopia, was used to create the world’s first ever coffee farms where coffee would be grown commercially for trade across the Arabian peninsula and eventually mainland Europe. (“Arabica” itself referred to the Arabian coffee supply that was the West’s first in history.)
Classic Yemen coffee and a bit cleaner than our last more value lot! A very pleasing arrival. Not quite as traceable as the Haraaz Red lots, but still from more direct relationships, maybe a point down score wise compared to the Haraaz micro-lots but a steal for a tasty and fresh Yemen coffee!
- Origin: Yemen
- Region: Sa’adah and Ibb Governorate
- Producer: Fatoum Muslot
- Altitude: 1700m
- Cultivar – Heirloom Cultivars
- Processing: Full natural and dried on rooftops
- Sourcing: Burman Coffee