Light roast. This is just another delightful natural from Ethiopia.  Exceptionally drinkable with notes of plum, caramelized sugar and what starts as bergamot in the first few days after the roast and then settles into orange creamsicle.  We absolutely love this coffee.  

12 oz and 1 lb bags will all be packed in our 12 oz retail bags, so they can be heat-sealed and Nitrogen-flushed to preserve freshness and create the best drinking experience possible. 

The Yaye Washing Station, built in 2021, is dedicated to quality through experimentation. The Odakko project is the culmination of their four years of study and pre-harvest planning between Testi Coffees and Cafe Imports. The aim was to create a traceable, single-variety offering using the most intentionally selected cherry possible at the peak harvest to discover a one-of-one flavor profile. This novel coffee is the product of 50 smallholders from neighboring villages of Yaye and Chericho.

The Odakko Project cherry was collected from producers at elevations ranging from 2150 to 2300 MASL within a 10-km radius of the washing station, who were all identified as growing the 74518 variety. To manage the processing logistics, the coffee was harvested over a four-day period. Each day’s yield was collected between 3:00 and 7:00 PM to prevent uncontrolled fermentation. The cherries were immediately transported to Yaye and immersed in water, where any floaters were removed. The cleaned cherries were then poured onto the drying beds, 300 kilos per bed, and sorted by hand to a strict tolerance of 95% full-ripe and 5% overripe to balance sugar content and complexity.

With the special prep (what the producers generally call “Premium” in Ethiopia) the cherries are collected from a limited number of small-holder farmers. 

90% of the cherries are perfectly picked, the right red color. 5% semi red and 5% overripe. 

All of it is processed and stored it separately from the other lots. They generally produce a very small number of bags in this way every year.