A stunning start to Ethiopian season
Air-freighted for optimal freshness, this lot showcases exceptional clarity and structure. Defined by pronounced florals, high-toned acidity, and a dense, syrupy sweetness—easily one of the most expressive profiles we’ve cupped this year.
Coffee
Faysel Abdosh | Ethiopia - Washed - Field Blend
Tasting Notes: Hibiscus, Pomegranate, Maple Syrup, Oolong Tea
Origin: Sidama, Ethiopia
Variety: 74118, 74110, 74158
Process: Washed
Altitude: 1800m
Roast: Filter | 82 Agtron | Light
People & Land
Faysel Abdosh is the founder of Testi Trading.
Faysel was raised in the coffee industry in Ethiopia. He manages a personal farm of his own in the Bensa district, east of Arbegona, which he purchased in 2020 (and regularly produces some of the best coffee we taste from Ethiopia each year).
In addition to his personal farm, Faysel and Testi Trading manage a number of central processing sites in eastern Sidama servicing smallholder producers. The Duwancho station is one such site. Here, thanks to the available elevation and overall cherry quality potential, Faysel decided to implement a day lot project, bearing his name.
While the processing itself is only slightly more perfectionistic than is common in Sidama, the timing of such a specific window of cherry collection, and the attention to detail required to isolate the lot through processing and export, is indeed a "premium" level of effort.
Process
This particular lot uses only cherry from Duwancho farmers 2100-2200 meters in altitude, harvested on a single day. Cherry was brought to the station by the farmers and hand-sorted upon arrival. Within 6-8 hours of harvest the cherry was depulped and then fermented in an open tank for 48 hours. Once fermentation was complete the parchment was washed completely clean of its mucilage by raking it in a long open channel with fresh running water.
Drying took place on raised beds under a parabolic shade net, to allow for slow, even moisture removal and utmost protection of the coffee's parchment.
