Ethiopia Guji Buku Abel Natural

Ethiopia Guji Buku Abel Natural

Roast Level: Medium Light Roast
Best For Filter, Espresso
Region Oromia, Hambela Wamela
Altitude 1,900 – 2,300 masl
Variety Heirloom
Tasting Note Blueberry, Mango, Apricot

Buku Abel emerged won first place in the natural coffee market of AFCA ToH Ethiopia (Taste of Harvest Ethiopia). It further surprised many when it won the champion title in the ToH Africa four consecutive successive years 2015- 2018, the regional African competition. Buku Abel is a small village in the southeast of Ethiopia with an extremely high altitude of 2300masl; it is located in the Hambela woreda within the Guji zone. Like many other coffees from different parts of Ethiopia, the coffee varietal in Buku Abel was originally found by the farmer specifically around the local area, which then becomes an heirloom passed down from generation to generation.

The coffee trees in Buku Abel are often planted among shady banana plantations which also support the life of various free-ranging livestock. Due to the cold climate and extreme altitude, the coffees grown in Buku Abel are slow to maturation, leading to smaller fruit sizes (similar to smaller mokka varietal) and very hard coffee seeds with high density. As a family-owned estate, the farmers have collected more than hundreds of years of experience in harvesting the fruits at just the right time to make sure that the cherries are red as blood, because coffee harvested at this stage (fully ripe, just before it turns black) often promises high sweetness.

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