Ethiopian Shakiso - Kayon Mountain

Certifications

Organic, Fair Trade, Grade 1

Process: 

Natural

Tasting Notes: 

Dried raspberry, cooked peach, vanilla, and perfumy jasmine flavors with juicy acidity and clean fruit-like sweetness

About this coffee:

The Kayon Mountain Coffee Farm has been owned and operated by Ismel Hassen and his family since 2012. Ismel oversees a staff of 25 permanent full-time and 300 seasonal employees, and the farm management offers free transportation services as well as financial support for building schools and administration buildings for the community. The farm competes with a nearby mining village for seasonal workers, so Ismel and his family tend to pay higher wages to their pickers in order to incentivize them returning year after year.