Genji Challa – Ild & Bønner

Established in 2019, the Genji Challa is a sister washing station to the famous Nano Challa station which is just a few miles away and was established in 2004. Genji Challa was born out of a need for more space as the membership grew and volumes of cherry being delivered became too much for the capacity of the Nano Challa station alone. There are now over 600 members split between the two sites situated in the Ethiopian highlands in natural forest.

Farmer members cultivate coffees at altitudes between 1850 and 2100 meters, and have around 3 hectares of land each, on average. As is the case across Ethiopia, most of the coffees grown locally are organic by default and consist mostly of old, naturally indigenous heirloom varieties, punctuated by smaller areas of an improved native varietal called 1274. Once producers deliver coffee to the washing station, cherries are floated before being depulped using a Penagos Eco Pulper. The coffee is then soaked in clean water in concrete tanks for 8 hours before drying; firstly skin-dried and sorted under shade, before being sun-dried for approximately 10 days on raised African drying beds.

Origin: Ethiopia
Region: Jimma, Oromia, Western Ethiopia
Mill: Genji Challa
Process: Fully Washed
Altitude: 2000masl
Taste Profile: Bright & Fresh.  Plenty of lemon and florals.  Sweet, juicy and refreshing

Roast date: 24.03.22
Bag size: 250g