Ethiopia Agaro Nano Genji #14
Ethiopia Agaro Nano Genji #14 - 8 oz. (Whole Bean Only)
”Agaro” is by far the most unique coffee we’ve offered to date. Flavor interpretations were wide and varied among tastings. Agaro is a treat to drink at varying temperatures; sweet dark sugars when hot, vibrant floral and citrus as it cools.
Flavors / Characteristics
sweet grapefruit | rose petal | golden raisin | brown sugar | pecan | apple | pear | organic | multi-dimensional | silky med-heavy body | lingering finish | sweet | clean | bright
Roast Level: Super Light
Country | Ethiopia |
Zone, District | Jimma, Agaro Gera |
Washing Station | Nano Genji |
Producer | Kata Muduga Coop. Union |
Varietal | Ethiopia Landraces |
Processing | Washed / Drying raised bed |
Altitude | 1900 - 2200 masl |
Harvest Year | 2023 |
More about MTS3 - Agaro Nano Genji #14
This dynamic coffee is a pleasure to drink at all temperature ranges. Hot, the coffee is sweet with a layers of darker sugar flavors, graham, and nutty. As it cools, the bright high floral and citrus notes pop out and become forward in the cup. This coffee is best prepared in a pourover style with paper filter.
If anyone can remember the Ethiopian Yukro we had in the past, this coffee would be like its cousin. It is from the same area and features some of the same heirloom coffee varietals. It's similar, yet different. The super light roast significantly highlights sweet florals and citrus reminiscent of the coffees origins.
Bursting with complex flavors of sweet grapefruit, rose petal, golden raisin, brown sugar, pecan, apple/pear, just to name a few. It's likely that various preparations of this coffee will highlight specific flavors that differ from person to person.
Additional Information:
Nano Genji is a sibling mill of the more well known Nano Challa located in part of the Agaro region in Jimma, Ethiopia. Imported by Red Fox Coffee Merchants, and produced by the Kata Muduga Cooperative Union, this group has grown from less than one hundred smallholder farms to a membership of over 630 members between the two washing stations. Historically one of the most coveted coffees in all of Western Ethiopia, Nano Challa membership did such an amazing job with production and processing that the tremendous premiums they were receiving caused their membership to swell to a level that pushed their capacity as far as it could go. In 2019 they opened Nano Genji, a few miles away with brand new Penagos equipment, along with dozens of drying beds to accommodate their growing membership.
Processing is meticulous in Agaro, after Penagos processing equipment mechanically removes most of the fruit and mucilage from the seeds, they soak overnight in fiberglass tanks, allowing any remaining sugars to be fully removed from their surface so that the coffees are perfectly clean by the time they hit the drying beds for the 8+ days they’ll need to dry.
Ethiopia Landraces varietals are the heirloom, or original coffee varietal of Ethiopia, and is often regarded as the original coffee varietal of Ethiopia. Hundreds of small farms bring their coffee cherry to the washing station for processing, sorting, grading, and export.
We're happy to bring some of the "best of the best" Ethiopian coffees to our Mixed Tape Series.
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