Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Gr. 1 Supernatural Anaerobic- Banko Chelchele – Lot 1

Burman Coffee Traders

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Origin

Ethiopia

Process

Natural, Anaerobic

Roast Suitability

Description

Region Gedeb · Gedeo Zone, Yirgacheffe • Process Supernatural (Anaerobic Natural) • Grade 1 • Lot 1 Yirgacheffe · Gr. 1 · Supernatural Banko Chelchele · Lot 1 QUALITIES: toffee & honey • strawberry & blackberry • lemon • chocolate RECOMMENDED ROAST: Light-Medium (versatile) CHAFF LEVEL: Medium Lot 1 is the first Supernatural off the beds this season and the boldest of the three lots we cupped this year. Everything upstream is shared with its twin: the same few hundred outgrowers in Ethiopia’s Gedeb district , in the south-eastern corner of the Gedeo Zone (officially “Yirgacheffe”), each tending 1-2 hectares of diversified, largely organic and regenerative garden plots between 1,900 and 2,000 masl ; the same Banko Chelchele washing station run by EDN Ethiopian Coffee , an independent processor and exporter with sites in Guji, Gedeb and Sidama; and the same protocol: whole ripe cherry sorted for color and uniform ripeness, sealed in tank to ferment anaerobically for roughly 24 hours , then carried straight to raised screen beds for two to four weeks of slow sun drying. What separates the lots is the cup. Here the ferment leads: oaky, with a boozy edge, and the fruit comes in behind it rather than out front. Strawberry and blackberry sit on a base of toffee and honey sweetness, with apricot in the background and chocolate on the finish. Acidity is high and sharp, lemon-driven, with a little astringent bite along the edges. The cup is clean start to finish, but it is more fermented and less candy-sweet than last year’s crop, so if you are looking for a straight fruit bomb this is not it. What it is, is the clearest look we have at what a supernatural ferment actually does. Flavor Profile Strawberry • Blackberry • Toffee • Honey Lemon • Chocolate Ferment-forward and oaky, with strawberry and blackberry over toffee and honey sweetness, apricot in the background, sharp lemon acidity and chocolate on the finish. Roasting Notes Versatile at every level, but it repays a gentl