SWEET BERRY – ETHIOPIA

ORIGIN: Ethiopia – Yirgacheffe – Adame village
VARIETAL: Hairloom
PROCESS: Washed
ELEVATION: 1900-2000 masl
TASTE: Chamomile – Pear – Hibiscus
PRODUCER: Ranger Coffee

Our new Sweet Berry is a classic washed with a built in premium that the exporter uses to build wells in producer villages. This either improves or provides access to clean water, and is currently from Adame village.

Cherries are harvested and picked individually by hand. Pickers rotate among trees every eight to ten days, choosing only the cherries that are a deep red colour.

Coffee cherries are sorted by immersion in water. Bad or unripe fruit will float and the good ripe fruit will sink. The skin of the cherry and some of the pulp is removed and the remainder is fermented in tanks and washed to leave a clean bean. Beans are then sundried on raised beds.

Buying this coffee helps to support the Pure Water Project. In Ethiopia, where four in ten people lack access to clean water, the consequences are severe: up to 80% of communicable diseases are linked to poor water and sanitation, and over 70,000 under-five deaths each year are caused by diarrhoea resulting from unclean water and inadequate toilets. The Pure Water Project aims to address these challenges by building clean water wells, reducing preventable illness, and improving health and well-being in coffee-growing communities. This project runs in four different villages and has given thousands of family members access to clean water.