Limu

A clean and balanced Ethiopian coffee giving you

Citrus, red apple, black tea, cherry, and yellow grape

About this coffee

Cultivar: Heirloom

Flavour notes: Citrus, red apple, black tea, cherry, and yellow grape

Producer: Various Small Producers

Country: Ethiopia

Region: Limmu Checka, Limu

Process: Washed

Harvest: 2025

Roast profile: Light roast

More About The Cultivar

The Limu lot from southwestern Ethiopia consists of traditional Ethiopian Heirloom varieties cultivated by smallholder farmers across the Limmu Checka area.

• Origin & Development: Ethiopia is the genetic birthplace of Coffea arabica, and "Heirloom" refers to the rich, diverse tapestry of indigenous wild and cultivated coffee varieties native to the southwestern highlands near Jimma and Limu.

• Agronomic Profile: Grown at high elevations between 1,400 and 2,000 MASL, these hardy, shade-grown trees mature slowly in fertile, mineral-rich forest soils, allowing dense sugars and complex organic acids to develop inside the cherry.

• Cup Characteristics: Unlike fruit-heavy natural coffees, washed Ethiopian Heirloom lots from Limu are prized for their refined structure, offering crisp citrus acidity, delicate stone-fruit sweetness, and a clean, black tea-like finish.

How The Coffee Was Produced

The production of this Washed Limu lot relies on traditional smallholder farming combined with meticulous wet-mill processing to highlight clarity and sweetness.

• Smallholder Shade Cultivation: Coffee is grown on small family-owned plots in Limmu Checka under native forest canopy, where natural shade slows cherry ripening and protects the ecosystem.

• Meticulous Selective Harvesting: During the harvest season, local producers hand-pick only ripe red cherries, delivering them promptly to the local washing station for sorting and quality checks.

• Washed Processing & Raised Bed Drying: At the wet mill, cherries are pulped to remove the outer skin and fermented in clean water tanks to break down the mucilage. The beans are then thoroughly washed in grading channels and spread thinly on raised African drying beds, turned regularly until they reach optimal moisture levels.

Roaster's Notes

Our roasting approach for the Limu Washed focuses on highlighting clarity, sweetness, and balance. Because washed Ethiopian Heirloom coffees carry delicate floral and tea-like aromatics alongside crisp fruit acids, we aim for a clean, even development that preserves the vibrant citrus and red apple notes while rounding out the cup with a smooth black tea finish.

When brewed as a filter coffee, it shines with bright structure and lingering sweetness. Our primary extraction ideology centers on achieving an ultra-even extraction to let the clean fruit and tea nuances stand out clearly—adjust your grind size and water temperature dynamically to match your preferred brewer.