SEPTEMBER - Elto | Ethiopia - Washed - Jarc 74158

SEPTEMBER Coffee Roasters is located in Ottawa, Canada

From SEPTEMBER

This is our first year working with Elto coffee. The name Elto has two meanings in Sidama: “abundance” and “more than passion,” reflecting both their ambition and ethos. This is a complex, juicy and bright coffee reminding us of tangerine, lime and stone fruits with soft white florals.

In the cup

In the cup we get juicy citrus reminiscent of tangerines & limes with delicate white florals, and stone fruit sweetness. This coffee has a light body and a clean finish.

About The Producer

Eliyas Dukamo and Atiklit “Mimi” Dejene launched Elto with a focus on precision and innovation. Their emphasis is on producing high-quality and competition-grade microlots through industry best practices, pushing Ethiopian specialty coffee toward ever-higher standards. The name Elto has two meanings in Sidama: “abundance” and “more than passion,” reflecting both their ambition and ethos.

Processing

Cherry is picked, sorted, floated and pulped. The coffee is then washed and dried on traditional raised beds.

Variety

The Jimma Agricultural Research Centre (JARC), one of Ethiopia’s federal agricultural research centers, approved the release of 74158 in 1979. The variety originally came out of the Metu Bishari Selections taken from mother plants from the Metu woreda (district) of the Illuababora zone. 74158 was selected and propagated for its high yield potential and resistance to coffee berry disease.