Ethiopia

Ethiopia | Gargari Opal

fruits · florals · raspberry · kiwi · tropical fruit

Floral FruityFor espressoFor filter

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What kava.family says about this coffee

What it feels like?

You’ve booked one night at a small hotel you’ve never heard of, tucked away on a side street in a city you almost didn’t visit. The room is perfect, the view is unexpected, and by morning you already know — this is the one you’ll be telling people about for years.

This incredible lot was on the table in Ethiopia last February when we visited to chase a selection of coffees for kava. That Project origin trip brought many amazing coffees and opportunities to our roastery, but microlots like this one are moving boundaries of flavour profile further. It’s a limited selection and we hope everyone will get a chance to try it.

From the high-altitude slopes of Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia, the Gargari Gutity microlot is grown by smallholder farmers in Banko Gutity (Gedeb), where coffee is a cherished garden crop. At 2000m, the farm works with JARC and heirloom varieties, using meticulous natural or anaerobic processes to reveal vibrancy, depth, and a bold sense of place.

There are multiple reasons why we find Ethiopian naturals to be so pleasing, rounded and cohesive, but a major factor that plays to the advantage of the natural processing method is the weather. The weat…

Their own sales copy, as published on their page and not checked by us. We keep the first 1,200 characters of it, which is why it stops where it does. read it on their page (opens in a new tab)

What the roaster says about where it came from

Country

Ethiopia

Region

Yirgacheffe, Gedeb

Producer

Gargari

Process

natural, anaerobic, carbonic maceration

Variety

Heirloom

Altitude

2000 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.

kava.family describe this coffee as fruity, floral. 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

Where each fact came from

Altitude, lowest

“At 2000m, the farm works with JARC and heirloom varieties, using meticulous natural or anaerobic processes to reveal vibrancy, depth, and a bold sense of place.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Variety

Decaffeination method

“CM process consists in placing coffee cherries in temperature and humidity-controlled tanks flushed with carbon dioxide (CO2) to remove all oxygen (O2).” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Flavour families

“Real opals reflect different colours in the light, so these coffees reveal multiple notes of fruits and florals.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Limited edition

“From the high-altitude slopes of Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia, the Gargari Gutity microlot is grown by smallholder farmers in Banko Gutity (Gedeb), where coffee is a cherished garden crop.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Region

Processing

“There are multiple reasons why we find Ethiopian naturals to be so pleasing, rounded and cohesive, but a major factor that plays to the advantage of the natural processing method is the weather.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Producer

“Region: Ethiopia, Banko/Gedeb Yirgacheffe Producer: Gargari gutity station / Primrose&Project origin Altitude: 2000m Variety: Heirloom&JARC Process: carbonic maceration natural Notes: raspberry, kiwi, tropical fruit All grind sizes are approximate and in relation to the equipment we use.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Tasting notes

“Real opals reflect different colours in the light, so these coffees reveal multiple notes of fruits and florals.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

A further 3 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.