Ethiopia - Uraga - CM Natural Jasper - Heirloom

by Rose

Tastes like: Purple fruits, Winey, Funky, Cacao Nibs Farm: Uraga, Gomoro Washing Station Farmers: Local Farmers Origin: Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia Altitude: 1900m Variety: Local Heirloom Process: CM Natural Roasted for: Filter/Espresso Processing Level: 4/5 - The processing of this lot has a strong impact on the taste profile - the original taste of terroir and varietal is very low.    When you visit a coffee farm, you expect to see lush coffee trees with a lot of leaves, all planted in neat rows for maximum efficiency, and well pruned for increased yields. But should you visit the forest in Uraga, you might find your jaw drop, just a little. The trees are lanky, they’re thin and have several trunks extending from the ground. They are not so much planted as much as they grow wherever they choose to spawn from the earth.   This was the visual definition of wild coffee: natural mutations of Arabica trees that speckle the wild forest that