RESHAD ABABULGU - 74110, WHITE HONEY - ETHIOPIA

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RESHAD ABABULGU - 74110, WHITE HONEY

WILDFLOWER HONEY
BAKED APPLE
MANDARIN ORANGE
JASMINE

ORIGIN: LIMU, ETHIOPIA
FARM: BERSOMA, NEAR AGARO, JIMMA ZONE
PRODUCER: RESHAD ABABULGU
ALTITUDE: 2050 MASL
VARIETY: 74110
PROCESS: WHITE HONEY

ROAST DATE: SEPTEMBER 14, 2026

FROM THE ROASTER

RESHAD ABABULGU FARMS 13 HECTARES AT 2,050 METERS NEAR BERSOMA, OUTSIDE THE TOWN OF AGARO IN THE JIMMA ZONE OF OROMIA, WHERE THE COFFEE IS GRADED AND SOLD UNDER THE LIMU NAME. THE LAND HAS BEEN IN HIS FAMILY FOR AROUND SIXTY YEARS, AND HE REPLANTED IT HIMSELF WITH IMPROVED VARIETIES IN THE EARLY 2010S. HE WORKS WITH TWENTY OUTGROWERS ALONGSIDE HIS OWN TREES, AND HOLDS HIS OWN EXPORT LICENSE, WHICH IS WHY THIS COFFEE CARRIES HIS NAME.

WILDFLOWER HONEY OPENS THE CUP AND RUNS THE LENGTH OF IT, A LIGHT FLORAL SWEETNESS THAT NEVER TURNS HEAVY, WITH BAKED APPLE UNDERNEATH GIVING THE CUP ITS WEIGHT. MANDARIN ORANGE LIFTS THROUGH THE MIDDLE, AND AS THE CUP COOLS JASMINE COMES FORWARD IN THE AROMA. THE TEXTURE IS ROUND AND SYRUPY AND THE FINISH IS LONG.

WHITE HONEY SITS AT THE DRIEST END OF THE HONEY RANGE: RIPE CHERRIES ARE FLOATED, SORTED AND PULPED, AND ALMOST ALL OF THE MUCILAGE COMES AWAY WITH THE SKIN, LEAVING A THIN LAYER ON THE PARCHMENT. THE PARCHMENT DRIES ON RAISED BEDS IN SHALLOW LAYERS, TURNED OFTEN SO IT DRIES BEFORE FERMENTATION CAN CARRY IT FAR.