Description
This coffee is sourced from METAD Agricultural Development PLC (METAD). METAD is a third-generation family owned business with a rich history that began after World War II when the Ethiopian Emperor awarded Muluemebet Emiru, the first African female pilot and family matriarch, with land in the Guji and Sidama zones that has become the Hambela Coffee Estate. METAD is managed by Aman Adinew who returned to Ethiopia after many years working abroad at the executive level for multiple fortune 500 companies because he wanted to make a difference for his family and community.
Through Aman’s leadership, METAD has strengthened the local community with employment opportunities including a workforce that is over seventy percent women, educational opportunities including university scholarships and sponsorship for a state-of-the-art elementary school with more than 700 students, and healthcare for employees. METAD was also first to partner with Grounds for Health in Ethiopia to implement a successful cervical cancer screening program for women within the coffee growing communities.
Tasting Notes:
A great clean exotic cup of joe. A little mellower at the lighter roasts than some but clear floral and soft fruit tones upfront balanced with a classic herbal tea like chocolaty undertone. Some good brightness on the lighter roasts and will give a citrus edge but pretty mellow close to 2nd crack and into the dark roast marks. Turns very strong and chocolaty, more of a bakers chocolate and smoky into the dark roasts.
Roasting Notes:
Good at almost any roast point but if you keep it on the lighter side, city to city plus you will see its true exotic Ethiopian roots come out. The darker you go the more chocolaty and fuller bodied it will get but right around 2nd crack it will turn a bit more bitter and edgy, otherwise a very smooth cup.
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