Danche

This coffee was produced by the small holder farmers and the workers at Danche Washing Station in Gedeb, Gedeo, SNNPR Ethiopia. This lot is a field blend of Landrace cultivars along with, Wolisho, Dega, and Kurume. Danche is the washing station in Worka Chelbesa, managed by SNAP Specialty Coffee. The washing station is ~2110MASL.

This coffee is processed using a new and innovative method. Ripe cherries are harvested and measured for sugar content. Only fruit with Brix content above 20 is selected. The cherries are mechanically sorted from green and defects, before being floated in ceramic tanks to remove floating cherries. The coffee is then placed on raised beds, and dried in shade for 48 hours. While the coffee is drying, the fermenting tanks are washed and smoked with olive trunks. The whole partially-dried cherries are then placed into the tanks, and quenched with water. The cherries undergo 24 hours of anaerobic fermentation, before being opened and fermented 24 hours aerobically. The cherries are then removed, and placed inside on shaded drying beds, to dry for 25 days.

This is a big and bold high-intervention natural, with a process-driven ferment character. This coffee left off the table with intense Concord Grape jam, Strawberry Creme, and gentle Lime acidity. Vibrant and explosive, this is an exploratory coffee with a lot of energy.

At Anamorphic we try to select coffees with intention. Process-driven offerings such as this might be few and far between, but we like to add them to the menu when they are characterful and fun. This is a great example, from an origin that excels at high intervention processing.

This is our first year purchasing coffee from SNAP, but they are no doubt one of the biggest names in Ethiopian coffee. SNAP Specialty coffee was founded in 2008 by Negusse Debela. Their aim is to process consistent and exceptional coffee for export markets. The company runs three coffee washing and processing stations in Chelelektu, Kochere District of the Gedeo Zone and a partnering washing stations in Uraga, Guji and Nensebo, West Arsi.

Import Partner: Utopia
All our coffees are sold as whole beans.