2024 Ethiopia • Natural
Bekele YututeJARC 75148
grape • currant • lilac honey • lactic
Variety 74158 grown by 4th place COE winner (2024), Bekele Yutute, on his farm in Bensa, Sidama. Processed as whole fruit and dried on raised beds allowing yeasts time to transform them.
Bekele grows primarily 74158, a common and adaptive variety in Bensa. Wanting to produce higher-end coffees and to export them himself, Bekele got his export licence in 2021 with a focus on incredibly articulate sundried and anaerobic lots (this one's sundried), with his brother-in-law helping to manage the farm.
- Variety:
- JARC 75148
- Location:
- Bensa, Sidama, Ethiopia
- Harvest:
- Dec-Jan 2023/24
- Processing:
- Natural
- Cup Profile:
- fresh fruits like grape & currant, delicate florals like lilac & honey, with a lactic/yogurt-like acid profile
Bekele Yutute
Bekele Yutute grows primarily 74158, a common and adaptive landrace that does well in Bensa. 74158 is also the primary variety at his other drying station near Dembe, where he was born. Bekele produces dry processed coffee at his Kokose site, which he purchased in 2019. He used to sell coffee to local suppliers before obtaining his export license in 2021, exclusively producing dry processed coffees (traditional naturals and anaerobics) for export to the U.S. and Korean specialty markets (and by proxy to us in Canada).
JARC 75148
A specific type that is known to thrive in Bensa and surrounding are as of Sidama & bred by Jimma Agricultural Research Centre, officially releasing it as 74158 Landrace in 1974.
Processing
Processed as a traditional natural, whole fruit dried on raised beds allowing yeasts time to transform them.