September Ethiopia Mullugeta Muntasha Whole Bean

8.8oz / 250g Whole Bean
Notes: Yellow Plum, Red Berries, Tangerine, Jammy
Region: Guji
Producer: Mullugeta Muntasha
Varietal: 74158
Process: Natural
Elevation: 2230 m
 
From September:
 
"This is our third year working with Mullugeta Muntasha and his coffees from Sidama. This coffee is jammy, sweet and juicy, reminding us of yellow plums and red fruits.
 
We taste jammy yellow plums, sweet red berries reminiscent of strawberries, and juicy citrus like tangerines. This coffee has a light body and a jammy, fruit-forward finish.
 
Producer
In 2021 Mullugeta returned to Bursa and began processing coffee at his own drying station, called Dawencho, where he won 2nd place in the Cup of Excellence for the Dawencho farmer group coffee and 6th place under his own name, Mullugeta Muntasha. In 2022, four of the top 10 CoE winners were Mullugeta’s lots, including that of Legesse Botola—the top winner and Mullugeta’s brother-in law—who processed coffee at Mullugeta’s washing station located next to his farm.
 
Processing
At the company’s washing stations, cherries are pulped and undergo a submerged fermentation lasting 48–72 hours depending on temperature. After washing, the parchment rests in water for another 12 hours before being dried on raised beds for 10–12 days. This careful and consistent method underpins the quality across all of Habtamu’s lots.
 
Variety
The Jimma Agricultural Research Centre (JARC), one of Ethiopia’s federal agricultural research centres, approved the release of 74158 in 1979. The variety originally came out of the Metu Bishari Selections taken from mother plants from the Metu woreda (district) of the Illuababora zone. 74158 was selected and propagated for its high yield potential and resistance to coffee berry disease."