LILO - Bensa Sidamo Logita Moplaco Heleanna Washed - Ethiopia - Washed - Heirloom

LILO Coffee Roasters is located in Osaka, Japan

From LILO

【Cupping comment】 

① A gentle spread of grapefruit flavor with the scent of white flowers.

② The gradual sweetness of black tea and lemon candy.

③ A lingering aftertaste of brown sugar sweetness.

Washed Coffee means that coffee is depulped by a machine, and then the Coffee Bean, engulfed in the mucilage, stays submerged in Water, for about 48 hours. During this time, a partial anaerobic process beginns, whereby bacterial activity consumes the mucilage, leaving the Bean, in its parchment. Once the process if finished, coffee beans are removed and placed on long African Beds for a period of about 15 days.

About the Producer | Heleanna of Moplaco Trading

LiLo Coffee Roasters has been handling Heleanna's coffee for three years now.

During this time, we've exchanged video letters to discuss the beans and she has visited our roastery, fostering significant communication.

Heleanna is not only serious about coffee production but also consistently curious about various aspects of the world.

In a recent Instagram Live with roaster Keita Nakamura, she shared:

“I travel a lot and enjoy meeting people. There's something to learn from everyone. Looking back, every culture has evolved as a result of conquest or something. For example, pizza, what we consider Italian food, actually originated in Greece. One should not remain isolated.”

Her profound respect for coffee and continuous learning about it, her long-term perspective on things, questioning of conventional wisdom, and maintaining an open mind, align closely with the philosophy of LiLo Coffee Roasters.

We roast her high-quality green beans to bring out their potential while capturing their sweetness. We invite you to enjoy it.

Profducer's Comment (Moplaco Trading)

In 2017, we purchased this Boutique Washing Station in the highlands of Sidamo. Located in Bensa District, in an altitude of 2100 meters, our Logita Station is bordered by a clean river that generously provides cold and clean water to us, and Bensa Logita has become our Experimentation Hub. We can process around 1800 bags of bright, distinct coffee with deep complexity and aromatics from Washed Coffees, to Honey Coffees, Experimental Lots and great Sundried Coffees. Moplaco Trading has four washing stations and drying stations across Sidamo and Yirgacheffe, with hulling equipment and guest rooms so that our clients can come, rest and experiment with us. We buy the cherry from local farmers located around our stations and the differing villages, producing hence micro-lots that are unique to each client, as well as unique it their character. The company also has a Farm in the last indigenous forest of Ethiopia, in Sheka, of 200 ha, farming and processing coffee from this magic land.