Notes: Lemon, Blueberry, Orange, Rose, Melon, Tea-like finish
Process: Washed
Roast: Light-Medium

Aman Adinew, CEO of METAD agricultural group, is the type of person whose infectious enthusiasm commands an entire room. By offering these excellent washed and naturally-processed lots from Gedeb and Hambela, we're able to pass along that enthusiasm to our partners here in the U.S. Our team at Balzac feels confident that METAD's coffees are some of the cleanest, most complex we're able to offer every year.

With his agricultural group, Aman works to influence Ethiopia's coffee communities and their partners in consuming countries across the world. METAD owns Africa’s first SCAcertified quality control lab and the company provides post-harvest training and health benefits to its employees, keeping in mind that in order for a company to thrive, its employees and the communities it works in must also thrive.

This coffee comes from METAD’s Gedeb site in the fertile Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR) of Gedeb, found within the Gedeo zone, approximately 437 kilometers south of Addis Ababa. Here METAD operates a washing station and dry mill, employing 28 permanent staff and 700 seasonal employees between this station and their partner station in Hambela. Seventy percent or more of these staff members are women, plus METAD partners with over 700 outgrowers to provide best practices on growing, harvesting and selling coffee.

This coffee, which includes Arabica and Local Landrace Varieties, was grown at an altitude of 1,770 to 2,200 meters above sea level. Both washed and natural iterations of this coffee present complex, fruit-forward taste notes that we look for and love in Ethiopian coffees.

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