This coffee hails from the Banko Gotiti washing station, located on edge of the Yirgacheffe growing region bordering Guji. This area is known for producing some of the most vibrant cups of coffee in the country and this natural lot is no exception. Traditional growing methods in Ethiopia are devoid of using any fertilizer, pesticides, or fungicides. This coffee is also mostly shade-grown with farmers inter-cropping their coffees trees with other foods to make the most use of their often very small farms, typically 1/2 hectare. Inter-cropping improves soil health and is better for the environment for a number of reasons including being bird friendly. Banko Gotiti pays a premium to ensure only ripe cherries are delivered to their station and coffee is hand sorted upon arriving to the station. Natural coffees are dried slowly at Banko Gotiti on raised beds (roughly 20 days depending on weather conditions), which is ideal for the stability of the green coffee. At the impressive elevations that this coffee is grown, it comes as no surprise that the quality is also impressive. It’s vibrant and full of complex fruit notes. Our cupping notes said things like blueberry lemon pound cake, blackberry, apple, raspberry, vanilla, orange, and cherry . If you are a lover of high quality natural process Ethiopian coffees, this coffee is definitely for you.