Ethiopia

Olisipo Coffee Roasters · Lisbon

Lalesa – Ethiopia

Name: Lalesa – Ethiopia
Brand: Olisipo Coffee Roasters
Availability: InStock

Vanilla · Lemon Curd · Manga · tropical · mango

Caramel and sweet Citrus FruityFor espressoFor filter

54,10 €/kg

54,10 € for 1 kg, their cheapest per kilo · about 0,97 € for an 18 g espresso dose

Price observed 5 Nov 2026. This is the bag, not the basket: delivery is not included.

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Bag	Price	Per kilo
250 g	16,60 €	66,40 €/kg
1 kg	54,10 €	54,10 €/kg

The 1 kg bag works out 19% cheaper per kilo than the 250 g.

What Olisipo Coffee Roasters says about this coffee

ORIGIN

Ethiopia holds near-legendary status in the global story of coffee. Unlike many coffee-growing countries, the plant was not introduced as a cash crop though colonization. Instead, the species Arabica evolved and adapted over hundreds of years to the shade canopy of the biodiverse sub-tropical rainforests in the East and West of the Great Rift Valley. Heirloom varieties are coffee plants that grow indigenously and there are thousands of varieties that offer up a kaleidoscope of flavour potential.

Ethiopia’s coffee production also supports the trade balance of a country with more than 100 million people. It is the main source of the country’s foreign currency income and is estimated that more than a quarter of the population depend directly on coffee production. The majority of smallholder producers cultivate less than one hectare of land and their ‘garden coffee’ grows alongside sustenance crops in the rich, nutrient-rich volcanic soils.

PRODUCER

Once harvested, smallholder producers bring their ripe red coffee cherries to the Lalesa washing station near the town of Gedeb, in the southeast region of Sidamo for processing. Operated by Ephtah Specialty Coffee, the company s…

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What the roaster says about where it came from

Country

Ethiopia

Region

Gedeb

Producer

Ephtah Specialty Coffee

Process

natural

Variety

Heirloom

Altitude

2150 to 2200 m

Not stated

farm or estate, 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.

How it sits among coffee from Ethiopia

How often roasters use each flavour family to describe coffee from Ethiopia: 927 of 2,375 carry notes. The dashed outline is the whole catalogue. These are the roasters’ own words, grouped — not our tasting, and not a measurement.

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

Every family the roaster names is a common one for coffee from Ethiopia, so this reads as a typical example rather than an outlier.

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

What Olisipo Coffee Roasters says about itself

Recyclable packaging

“All of our coffees are packed in metal-free oxygen barrier one-way valve bags that are 100% recyclable.” their page (opens in a new tab)

These are claims the roaster makes about its business, not about this coffee, and we have not checked them against any register.

Where each fact came from

Species

“Instead, the species Arabica evolved and adapted over hundreds of years to the shade canopy of the biodiverse sub-tropical rainforests in the East and West of the Great Rift Valley.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Variety

“Heirloom varieties are coffee plants that grow indigenously and there are thousands of varieties that offer up a kaleidoscope of flavour potential.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Flavour families

Producer: Ephtah Specialty Coffee Cultivar: Heirloom Process: Natural Altitude: 2150-2200m Harvest: December-January Notes: Vanilla, Lemon Curd, Manga… part of a longer passage the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Region

“PRODUCER Once harvested, smallholder producers bring their ripe red coffee cherries to the Lalesa washing station near the town of Gedeb, in the southeast region of Sidamo for processing.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Seasonal

“The facility is the largest drying and washing site in the region, with 20 permanent staff which increases to 250 seasonal employees during the harvest season in November and January.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Tasting notes

A further 6 facts on this page were read from part of the shop page that holds no sentence — a menu or a product grid — so there is nothing to quote for them.

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.