Wanja Kersa – Ethiopian Espresso
$25–$82
Wanja Kersa – Ethiopian Espresso
$25–$82
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- Producer Mike Mamo
- Attributes
JARC (Jimma Agricultural Research Center) varieties 74110, 74112, Local Landraces, heirloom
- Origin Wanja Kersa village, Gera, Jimma, Ethiopia
- Flavours Dreamily floral and sugary, biscuit, grapefruit spritz
Mike Mamo has to be literally the nicest guy in coffee, and not in the boring way. He has been doggedly working away for all the years since I first met him: collaborating smartly, honing his skills, planning well and building the right team .. biding his time.So what a delight it was to reconnect with him subsequent to the lifting of the pandemic’s travel cessation, and find that over the last 5 years he has built some washing stations, established his own farms, has a great milling facility, and also has one of Ethiopian’s finest quality control guys on his team (20 year veteran Fikru Demissie).
We have purchased several coffees from Mike this season, and we’re really proud to make Wanja Kersa the first of them.
Wanja Kersa Atoma site was completed in 2023, and Mike describes the site as “optimized for washed and sun-dried production adhering strictly to quality protocols”. In addition to the coffee from their nearby farms, Mike also works closely with local out-growers to acquire the best cherry, ensuring traceability to farmer groups.
Mike has also produced this “honey-process” coffee, achieved through the following protocol:
The coffee cherries are pulped, liberating the skin of the coffee cherry from the parchment coffee, covered at this point in a sticky, honey-like fruit mucilage layer.
The parchment is then dry fermented for 8hrs (in soaking tanks) before been moved to raised drying beds. It is critical to keep rotating the beans on the drying bed especially for the first two days as the mucilage makes the parchment remain sticky and wet. Two staff members will be constantly rotating the beans for the first two days to ensure the mucilage doesn’t stick the parchment together. Drying takes about 14 days.
More info on brewing your coffee for maximum enjoyment, check out the Brew Methods page.
Roasted for espresso brewing. It’s a lighter but still highly extractable roast
We ship coffee as whole beans by default, if you need your coffee ground, please let us know at the checkout.
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