ARSOSALA WASHED ETHIOPIA

Urga Woreda
Guji, Ethiopia

Arsosala is a washing station which services over 1200 local producers in Urga Woreda, Guji. We’ve been loving and tracking coffees from Guji since we opened shop all those years ago. Generally speaking Guji is a region of Ethiopia renowned for complex and elegant coffees grown at high altitudes.

This season we decided to purchase 3 distinct coffees from Arsosala; A washed Grade 1, Washed Special Prep Grade 1 and Natural Grade 1. To taste different processes from the same source is a chance to witness the interplay between varietal, terroir and processing. As we taste and enjoy these coffees from a common source we contemplate questions such as, what commonalities do we find across the processes? What characteristics do the certain processes bring forward or mute? and of course, which one is our personal favourite!?

This is the Washed Grade 1 and a real classic Barrio filter flavour profile. Floral and tea like and very clean. This particular lot has the wonderful feature of a sorbet like texture which we find carries the lighter characteristics in a satisfying way.

Black tea
Lemon
Peach Sorbet