REGION: YIRGACHEFFEE

VARIETY: HEIRLOOM

PROCESSING: NATURAL

FLAVOURS: NECTARINE, JASMINE, ORANGE BLOSSOM, PINEAPPLE, TOFFEE, BECOMING GRAPE AS IT COOLS.

THE YIRGACHEFFE REGION OF ETHIOPIA IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF COFFEA ARABICA. THE FOSSIL RECORD SHOWS THAT THIS REGION IS ALSO THE BITHPALCE OF HUMANS. AT BELAFONTE, WE DON’T THINK THIS IS A COINCIDENCE.

WE THINK THAT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN HUMANS AND COFFEE EXTENDS PAST ANY WRITTEN RECORDS. WE THINK THAT MAYBE, MAYBE WE HAVE GROWN AND EVOLVED TOGETHER OVER THE MILLIONS OF YEARS. MAYBE THERE’S A CONNECTION BETWEEN HUMANS AND COFFEE THAT COULD NEVER BE PUT INTO WORDS. MAYBE COFFEE NEEDS US AS MUCH AS WE NEED IT. MAYBE THAT’S THE REASON THAT WE LOVE THIS COFFEE SO MUCH.

WITH FOUR OF HIS CHILDREN, MR. MENGECHE DERSO FARMS HIS 15 HECTARES OF HIGHLANDS IN THE SOUTHERN REGION OF ETHIOPIA. THIS REGION IN THE GEDEO ZONE IS WORLD RENOWNED FOR ITS PRODUCTION OF HIGH-QUALITY PREMIUM YIRGACHEFE COFFEE.

WE ROASTED HIS COFFEE TO BE BREWED AS A FILTER. AT BELAFONTE WE BREW IT AS A 1:16 RATIO. BUT, DON’T OVER THINK IT. ENJOY IT HOWEVER YOU CAN.