Grower // Hirut Shallo

Origin // Ethiopia

Region // Yirgacheffe woreda, Gedeo Zone, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

Process // Full natural and dried on raised beds

Harvest Date // October 2022 - January 2023

Roast Profile // Light to Medium

Package Weight // 7oz / 198g

This coffee is Certified Organic

This is a traditional natural coffee from the Yirgacheffe woreda in southern Ethiopia, produced by Hirut Shallo on her 5.2-hectare farm. It is certified organic. The flavor profile is very floral and buttery-smooth with delicate fruit notes of peach, watermelon, and nectarine.

“Hirut Shallo’s coffee, making its debut as 2023’s first natural Ethiopian coffee, is a bit of an unconventional choice. It’s incredibly floral, immaculately clean, and delicately fruited. This is not the “classic” blueberry fruit bomb Ethiopian naturals we’ve come to expect, but an undeniably vibrant and compelling twist on a classic that kept us on our toes throughout the analysis process, delightfully subverting expectations at nearly every turn.

It’s thrilling and a little intimidating to come across this type of coffee, after assuming so much about the “natural Yirgacheffe” category for so long. In place of the intense and uncomplicated berry-forward profile, we found clear fruit notes of peach, nectarine, and apricot, with hints of watermelon, red grape, and bright orange. The sweet stone fruit profile and buttery mouthfeel set the stage for the headliner, and true showstopper – the coffee’s floral notes.”

-Analysis by Chris Kornman Royal Coffee