Ethiopia Halo Beriti
Washing Station: Halo Beriti
Community: Gedeb Town
Region: Gedeo Zone
Variety: Heirloom
Elevation: 1900-2200 masl
peach / blackberry / floral
First, you'll notice an incredibly floral nose, but once you dive in, it will burst with peach candy and bubblegum notes, making this one of sweetest coffees (if not the sweetest) on our menu.
COFFEE BIOGRAPHY
The Halo Beriti washing station is located near Gedeb town, within Ethiopia's southern Gedeo Zone, a few kilometer south of Yirga Cheffe. The collection sites draw from farms in Halo Beriti and neighboring villages as well. Most of the farms in this area are very small, with far less than 1 hectare of land, and altitude at the farms spans from 1900 to 2200 meters above sea level. It's very cold in this area and they employ a long fermentation to break down the fruit mucilage stuck to the green coffee seeds. After the outer cherry is removed, the coffee is typically fermented with water for up to 36 hours, then soaked for another 24 hours in clean spring water, and sent to the raised drying beds. That long fermentation may have something to do with the fruit flavors found in this washed lot, but does little to dampen the floral-forward aromatics! Halo Beriti is part of a group of stations owned and operated by SNAP Specialty Coffee, one of a few we purchased this year.
