Goro Bedessa

by Flower Child

Variety: Landrace Region: Guji, Ethiopia Elevation: 2,100 meters Harvest: January 2024 Notes: Elderberry, blueberry, black tea floral.  Goro Bedessa is a very nice example of a wet process Ethiopia Guji coffee, with refined sweetness, and a lingering floral characteristic that makes its mark in the cup. The dry fragrance is laced with an aromatic citrus note, transparent simple syrup sweetness, and delightful floral highlights. The wet aroma has perfumed sweetness that goes from dark honey to lightly caramelized sugars, and the floral aroma makes more of an impression at this stage, indicating a bit of star jasmine. The brew is delicious that hints at simple syrup made with sugar in the raw.  The coffee comes from small holder coffee farmers in the Goro Bedessa Woreda of Hambela Wamena, a high altitude region that tops out at 2100 meters above sea level. These lots are made up of coffee from several hundred different farmers, most with only a couple hundred coffee trees or less. The