HASSAN WARE FW - 74112 & 74158, TRADITIONAL WASHED - ETHIOPIA

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LONDON, ENGLAND

HASSAN WARE FW - 74112 & 74158, TRADITIONAL WASHED

LEMON CURD
WHITE PEACH
ORANGE BLOSSOM

PRODUCER: HASSAN WARE
ORIGIN: ETHIOPIA
REGION: MEGADU, SHAKISSO WOREDA, GUJI
FARM: HASSAN-MEGADU
VARIETAL: JARC 74112 & 74158
ALTITUDE: 2000 - 2200 MASL
PROCESS: TRADITIONAL WASHED
IMPORT PARTNER: BETTE BUNA (FACILITATED VIA FALCON)

ROAST DATE: AUGUST 13, 2026

FROM THE ROASTER

WE PURCHASED COFFEE FROM HASSAN WARE AS PART OF THE "MEGADU COMMUNITY BLEND" WE FEATURED AS BOTH HOUSE FILTER AND A COMPONENT OF FACILITY LAST YEAR, BUT WE WERE THOROUGHLY IMPRESSED WITH THIS LOT WHEN OFFERED AS A SINGLE FARMER SEPARATION DURING OUR TRIP TO ETHIOPIA IN FEBRUARY. IN TABLES DOMINATED WITH NATURAL PROCESS COFFEES AND SPECIAL PREPS, HASSAN'S FULLY WASHED LOT WAS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR AND ABSOLUTELY HIT THE MARKS FOR THAT MOST CLASSIC GUJI PROFILE.

WE'RE TASTING

REALLY CLASSIC GUJI WASHED PROFILE - ORANGE BLOSSOM, BLACK TEA AND LEMONGRASS AROMATICS. IN THE CUP IT'S SUPER SWEET AND THICK BODIED, WITH LEMON CURD AND PASTRY NOTES THAT REMIND US OF LEMON MERINGUE PIE, A LOWER PERCEIVED ACIDITY WHILE HOT AND SOME PEACHY STONE FRUIT NOTES. THE SWEETNESS IS AKIN TO BLACK TEA WITH WHITE SUGAR, AND AS IT COOLS MORE FLORALITY AND ACIDITY BECOME APPARENT - LIKE ELDERFLOWER CORDIAL WITH LEMON.

PROCESS

TRADITIONAL WASHED: RIPE CHERRIES SELECTIVELY PICKED AND DELIVERED TO HASSAN'S OWN WET MILL IN THE EVENING, HELD BRIEFLY IN BAGS BEFORE DEPULPING THE FOLLOWING MORNING. FERMENTED IN CONCRETE BASINS FOR 24-36 HRS, TOPPED WITH WATER THROUGHOUT. WASHED AND THEN DRIED ON RAISED BEDS.

HARVEST

CROP 25/26 - ARRIVED UK: JULY 2026. FIRST YEAR PURCHASING HASSAN WARE AS A SINGLE-FARMER SEPARATION (PREVIOUSLY PART OF THE MEGADU COMMUNITY LOT).