Telila “Mike’s” Washing Station in Limu

Telila sources cherries of the variets 74210 and 74212  from the Kebele’s Gensi Chala, Gera and Kolla around around Agaro, Limu. Farms both in Gensi Chala and Kolla lie at altitudes around 1800-2200 m.a.s.l. The coffee Mike processes from these villages is mainly into washed Limu grade 1. 

This year, Mike experimented with honey processed coffee in small batches, and we found this amazing Kolla honey lot on his cupping table in Addis. As importers we respect it when a producers take a chance, and produces a new product without fully being able to predict the outcome. It’s a risk a any time, but for the Ethiopian coffee scene it’s also a very welcome deviation of the otherwise quite standard processing methods.

The washed Limu, Gensi Chala from Telila station, is a great staple first grade coffee which boasts a high degree of citric acidity. It’s sweet, clean and crisp, and very suitable for your steady assortment of Ethiopian coffee. Mike can reproduce this year in year out.

The Kolla Honey lot is an oddity this year, and only 5 bags of it were produced. It boasts the same high citric acidity as it’s washed brother, but shows a lot more complexity, sweetness a surprisingly has very nutty notes to it. We want to incentivise experimentation at Telila washing station, so we can help Mike set apart his coffee from other producers of good grade 1 washed Limu. Through the creation of an exciting assortment, we want to be able to link Telila station to many of you. Give this honey a try, and stay connected with me and Mike for the purpose of creating exciting lots through commitment and collaboration.