Ethiopia Organic Limu Espresso

Story

Floral and vanilla aromas lead to a silky shot packed with blueberry jam, tart raspberry and graham cracker with a sweet finish.

Shot Parameters*

• Dose: 18-20 grams
• Beverage Weight: 35-37 grams
• Time: 26-29 seconds
• Days Rested: 5-7
  *Please note that adjustments to the above may need to be made to account for your equipment, climate, tamp pressure, basket size etc

Farm Info

This is a smallholder-grown coffee processed by Fahem General Trading PLC, an independent specialty exporter operating in Limu Seka, a small agricultural area at the top of the Jimma zone.

Jimma is a broad, sloping plateau of indescribable fertility and drastically high elevations. The best coffees of Jimma, from the Limu, Gera and Goma districts in particular, are known for being snappy with sweet and delicate fruit flavors. The area’s “white” honey, foraged by beads from coffee and forest blossoms, is another famous Jimma icon, and an utter sensory delight. Coffees from the zone, along with those from neighboring Illubabor, are commonly referred to as “Limu”, which is not a geographical indicator itself but more of a terroir distinction encapsulating common cup profiles from this part of the country. 

Ato Mohamed Lalo is the founder of Fahem General Trading PLC and is very involved in Ethiopia’s specialty industry, along with his wife, who co-runs the couple’s private coffee estate in Limu Seka. 

Fully washed coffee is produced by intaking cherry from registered smallholders daily at Fahem’s collection sites in the area. The coffee is depulped and fermented underwater for 12 hours, then soaked in fresh water for another 12 hours, and finally washed and spread across raised screen beds to dry.

Fahem consists of over 500 staff during harvest months, including all farm work, certification, training for farmers, marketing for their international sales (and local roasted brand), and apiary management. A portion of the company’s profit is annually reinvested in the local community, including schools, grain mills, pruning tools for smallholders, a local bridge, and expanding the national electric grid.