lalesa natural ethiopia

Name: lalesa natural ethiopia
Brand: The Source Coffee
Availability: InStock

papaya · brown sugar · rum

Fruity Caramel and sweet WineyFor espresso

£54.00/kg

23% above similar on their 250 g bag

£54.00 for 1 kg, their cheapest per kilo · about £0.97 for an 18 g espresso dose

The badge compares the standard 250 g bag at £64.00/kg against 147 coffees from 106 roasters in washed from Ethiopia (standard bag, 200–350 g), so that every coffee is compared on the same size.

Price observed 4 Nov 2026. This is the bag, not the basket: delivery is not included.

Delivery cost not stated by the roaster

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Bag	Price	Per kilo
250 g	£16.00	£64.00/kg
1 kg	£54.00	£54.00/kg

The 1 kg bag works out 16% cheaper per kilo than the 250 g.

How it sits among coffee from Ethiopia

How often roasters use each flavour family to describe coffee from Ethiopia: 539 of 857 carry notes. The dashed outline is the whole catalogue. These are the roasters’ own words, grouped — not our tasting, and not a measurement.

The Source Coffee describe this coffee as fruity, caramel and sweet, winey. The filled shape is how often roasters use each family across coffee from Ethiopia; the rings on the rim are this coffee’s own.

winey is unusual here — 6% of coffee from Ethiopia are described that way.

The roasters’ own words, grouped — not our tasting, and not a measurement. We have not tasted this coffee. All Ethiopia coffees

What the roaster says about where it came from

Country

Ethiopia

Region

Gedeb, Guji

Process

washed, anaerobic

Variety

Heirloom

Altitude

2200 m

Not stated

farm or estate, producer, harvest, lot, importer, price paid to the producer

We report what the roaster publishes and we have not checked any of it independently. A fact nobody publishes is not a fault of the coffee: almost no roaster in the UK states an importer or the price paid to the producer.

Where each fact came from

Altitude, lowest

…farm/s: ephtah variety: heirloom alt: 2200 masl process: anaerobic natural region: lalesa, gedeb cup profile: papaya - brown sugar - rum This anaerobic lot comes from Lalesa, in Gedeb woreda, and is processed at an Ephtah-owned site. part of a longer passage the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Variety

Flavour families

…cup profile: papaya - brown sugar - rum… part of a longer passage the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Country of origin

“Ephtah Specialty Coffee works to build sustainable and collaborative supply chains across Ethiopia, with a focus on quality, long-term relationships and support for producer communities.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Region

Processing

“The wider Gedeb area is one of Ethiopia’s best-known coffee-producing regions and is closely associated with high-quality washed, natural and experimental processed coffees.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Brew methods

“This coffee is an excellent daily driver, perfect for espresso.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Roasted for

“This coffee is an excellent daily driver, perfect for espresso.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Seasonal

“It employs seven permanent staff and around 130 seasonal workers during the harvest period.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Tasting notes

…cup profile: papaya - brown sugar - rum… part of a longer passage the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Taken from the roaster’s own pages, and nothing here has been verified by us or by an independent body. What we store is a passage of page text cut around the fact, so one shown with an ellipsis is a passage we cannot see the start or the end of; only the fully quoted ones are complete sentences.