ONA - Banku Dadadu Espresso | Ethiopia - Washed - Heirloom

ONA Coffee is located in Canberra, Australia

From ONA Coffee

This espresso is sweet and complex, laden with various fruits and sugary sweetness. Notes of yellow stone fruits like apricot are accompanied by citrus flavours when hot, with a note of brown sugar intensifying as it cools.

This coffee originates from the Banko Dhadhato Cooperative, a smallholder cooperative nestled in the village of Banko Dhadhato within the Worka community of Gedeb woreda, located in the Gedeo Zone of southern Ethiopia. Established around 2013 by local farmers, the cooperative began with approximately 250 smallholders and has since grown to include hundreds of growers. These farmers collectively manage small forest-garden plots that span about 500 hectares, averaging 0.6–0.7 hectares per farm. They cultivate indigenous Arabica landraces and Heirloom varieties under a dense shade canopy, benefiting from the rich vertisols and the humid, misty highland climate.

The harvest takes place annually from November to January, with ripe cherries handpicked and delivered to the cooperative’s central washing station on the same day. Upon arrival, cherries are meticulously sorted to eliminate under- or over-ripe fruit. The Washed processing begins with depulping, followed by overnight fermentation in open tanks, a thorough water wash, and a brief soaking to equilibrate moisture and density. The parchment is then sun-dried on raised beds for about two weeks, with regular turning and protection from rain or condensation. Once moisture stabilises around 11–12%, the coffee is stored in a warehouse before being transported to Addis Ababa for dry-milling and export.