Traceability: Mulugeta Muntasha and neighbors, Sidama Region
Process: Washed
Elevation: 7,050 ft (2150 masl)
Notes: Floral, Peach, Citrus
Method: Drip (1:16), Espresso, Filter Coffee, Cold Brew
Net weight: 12 ounces/340 grams
Info:
Mulugeta Muntasha grew up in the Bursa village of Arbegona, Ethiopia—a region which didn’t really grow coffee a decade ago. As a teenager, he worked as a truck driver in neighboring Arsi, transporting coffee lots from local smallholders to a private washing station. It is there that Mulugeta learned the business of coffee, and he took his newfound knowledge and understanding back to his home village of Bursa in 2021, shortly after farmers there had begun to plant coffee trees in an effort to cope with economic strain and climate change. He established his own drying station in the area, called Dawencho, and placed second in the Cup of Excellence only a year later.
Today, Mulugeta owns a small network of washing and drying stations throughout the Sidama region, and his name is a mainstay at C of E cupping tables. He and others in the region are working to create agency and build value for themselves as coffee producers—a feat which has not often been undertaken, or appreciated, in Ethiopia.
This release comes from his washing station in Arbegona, which is supplied by 600 smallholders in the area. It is made up of only one variety, JARC 74158—another rarity for the coffee powerhouse that is Sidama as a region, and Ethiopia as a whole.
Traceability: Mulugeta Muntasha and neighbors, Sidama Region
Process: Washed
Elevation: 7,050 ft (2150 masl)
Notes: Floral, Peach, Citrus
Method: Drip (1:16), Espresso, Filter Coffee, Cold Brew
Net weight: 12 ounces/340 grams
Info:
Mulugeta Muntasha grew up in the Bursa village of Arbegona, Ethiopia—a region which didn’t really grow coffee a decade ago. As a teenager, he worked as a truck driver in neighboring Arsi, transporting coffee lots from local smallholders to a private washing station. It is there that Mulugeta learned the business of coffee, and he took his newfound knowledge and understanding back to his home village of Bursa in 2021, shortly after farmers there had begun to plant coffee trees in an effort to cope with economic strain and climate change. He established his own drying station in the area, called Dawencho, and placed second in the Cup of Excellence only a year later.
Today, Mulugeta owns a small network of washing and drying stations throughout the Sidama region, and his name is a mainstay at C of E cupping tables. He and others in the region are working to create agency and build value for themselves as coffee producers—a feat which has not often been undertaken, or appreciated, in Ethiopia.
This release comes from his washing station in Arbegona, which is supplied by 600 smallholders in the area. It is made up of only one variety, JARC 74158—another rarity for the coffee powerhouse that is Sidama as a region, and Ethiopia as a whole.
All coffee is roasted to order every Monday and shipped the following day through USPS priority mail unless otherwise specified. Orders received on Monday will be processed the following Monday.
Net weight: 12 ounces (340 grams) / 5 lbs (2.27 kg)
