Ethiopia Adnan Natural

Tasting notes White flowers, cherry & cranberry
Region Sidamo
Farm Adnan Washing Station
Altitude 2.200 meters
Variety 774110, 74158
Process Natural

About this coffee

Adnan is a privately-owned washing station that is located in the Hamasho kebena (village) in Ethiopia’s Sidama zone. The washing station is one of 26 owned and managed by Testi Coffee, a family-owned company founded by Mr Faysel A. Yonis.

Sitting at 2,200m above sea level, Adnan produces exceptional washed, natural, and special preparation lots. The site was built by Testi in 2021 as a ‘premium’ facility, and selected for its natural advantages – including its high elevation, the surrounding region’s characteristics, and access to fresh, clean water. By choosing sites in areas favoured with great growing conditions and paying premiums for properly harvested fruit, Testi ensures they only receive extremely high-quality cherries, resulting in outstanding complexity and distinction in the resulting cup.

Adnan WS currently employs three permanent staff and around 160 seasonal workers, depending on how busy the season is. During harvest, freshly picked coffee cherry is delivered daily by some 500 independent outgrowers from the nearby kebeles of Bura district. At the washing station, Testi separates and processes each kebele’s cherry delivery as a distinct lot, providing extra traceability.

The majority of the families that contribute to the site farm organically on tiny plots of land, averaging less than one hectare in size. Coffee is their main cash crop and grows alongside food crops of corn, grain, and bananas, under the shade of native Birbira, Wanza, and Acacia trees. The average elevation of the farms in this region is very high – around 2,000–2,200m above sea level – and this, combined region’s cool temperatures, is ideal for the slow ripening of coffee cherries, leading to denser beans and a sweeter, more complex cup profile.

This coffee lot was produced as part of Testi’s quality improvement initiative, Premium Cherry Selection (PCS). Launched in 2018, the Premium Cherry Selection program ensures that best practices are used for growing, harvesting, and processing the coffee cherry. Through the program, Testi pays a premium to farmers who pick and deliver only the ripest cherries from their farms. Coffees produced as part of the program represent the highest quality and cleanest cup profile available from the washing station and wider region.

For this lot, at the washing station, cherries are preselected. They are then immersed in a water tank to remove floaters, unripe, overripe, and defective cherries. After the separation, coffee cherries are laid into 25 kg batches with a thickness of 5cm onto the dry African bed, where Testi’s team turns over the cherries 5 to 6 times a day to make sure of even sun exposure. Once the pod reaches an adequate moisture level of 11% to 12% content, which can be reached within 15 to 21 days depending on the weather conditions, then they relocate the lot to the nearest warehouse for storage.

Adnan is the most refined of the two natural lots that we have purchased this year with the help of Plot. As compared with Bombe, you can expect a more complex and juicier cup, with clearer notes of white flowers, cherries, and cranberries.

All our coffees are roasted fresh every week. After your order, the coffee will be ready for shipping or pick up after 2 – 3 days.

Shipping
Pick up at roastery: free
within the Netherlands:  € 4,95 -> orders above 50 euros: free shipping
EU shipping: from € 8,00 depending on destination, weight, and order quantity.

We offer all our coffees in beans, because they stay fresh for much longer than pre-ground coffee. If you’d like to have your coffee ground, please indicate in the notes.

 



Import Bean

Price range: €16,50 through €52,49

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