This lot comes from Arbegona, one of our favorite coffee-growing regions in Ethiopia and the source of some of our most memorable coffees. This year marks the beginning of a new project in collaboration with the Elora site, from which we will be releasing several separated lots. This is the first honey-processed release from the project—and a very exciting one. ABOUT ETHIOPIAN LANDRACE Ethiopia is widely acknowledged as where coffee originated, and its production continues to represent about 10% of the country’s gross domestic product. DNA testing has confirmed over 60 distinct varieties growing in Ethiopia, making it home to the most coffee biodiversity of any region in the world. Given the tradition of coffee production in Ethiopia and the political interworkings of the Ethiopian coffee trade, it is virtually impossible to get single variety coffee lots from Ethiopia. This is changing, albeit very slowly. Most Ethiopian coffees are blends of the many Ethiopian varieties, and referred to simply as 'Ethiopian Landrace'.