PRODUCER: Sookoo Coffee, owned by Ture Waji

LOCATION: Guji (Zone), Shakisso (Woreda), Hangadhi (Kebele)

WASHING STATION: Weessi

PROCESS: Washed. Fully ripe cherry was pulped using a Penagos eco-pulper. The coffee was then fermented/soaked in water for 12 hours before being removed to drying tables.

VARIETY: Gibirinna 74110 & Serto 74112

CITRUS, FLORALS, HOPS, LEMON SHORTBREAD

Ture Waji’s nickname is “The King of Guji” and rightfully so, he has been managing farms/production in Guji, southern Ethiopia - a part of Ethiopia that Ture knows as well as anyone (and better than most). The land, the people, the coffees... Ture knows them all better than anyone we have ever met.

Since Sookoo's inception, all production had been focused on naturally-processed coffees, however last year, Ture produced washed coffee from only Bookkisa, a sub-Kebele we have been purchasing naturally processed coffees from for many years. This year, in addition to a washed lot from Bookkisa - this is coming soon :), Ture also produced this beautiful lot from the Tima sub-Kebele. Full of intense citrus, florals, hops, and melon, this lot has stood out as one of the highest quality Ethiopian lots we have tasted all season and represents so much of what we love about Guji coffee.