Dale, Sidama Ethiopia

Dara washing station is located in Wensho Woreda of the greater Sidamo region. The harvest period is between December and January with the flowering season starting in January. Dale washing station serves over 750 individual producers in this region. Parchment coffee is dried on African raised beds for up to 15 days. Throughout the drying period, parchment coffee is raked daily and covered with cloth during the hot afternoon. 

The cherries are pulped with Penagos processing equipment which mechanically removes most of the fruit and mucilage from the seeds. Coffee is then soaked overnight in fiberglass tanks, allowing any remaining sugars to be fully removed from their surface so that the coffees are perfectly clean by the time they hit the drying beds. Coffee is then dried for up to 8 + days.

This coffee was imported by Red Fox.

Tasting Notes: Lemon candy, white peach, Oolong tea 

Origin: Dale washing station, Sidama Ethiopia 

Producer: Community driven, smallholder farmers from around the Dale washing station

Altitude: 1750 – 2000 masl

Cultivar: Heirloom varieties

Process: Fully washed & dried on raised beds 

Harvest: October - Jan