*Roast days are Tuesday and Thursday. Order by Sunday 11:59pm EST
for Wednesday shipment or Tuesday 11:59pm EST for Friday shipment
*Roast days are Tuesday and Thursday. Order by Sunday 11:59pm EST
for Wednesday shipment or Tuesday 11:59pm EST for Friday shipment
Specs
Producers SNAP & Smallholders of Chelbesa
Station Chelbesa One
Region Chelbesa, Gedeb, Gedeo, Ethiopia
Harvest December '25-February '26
Varieties Kurume & Wolisho
Process Washed
Altitude 1,950 - 2,200 masl
Importer Quest
Producer Profile
Chelbesa One Station is located in the Gedeb Zone, Ethiopia, which is managed by SNAP Specialty Coffee. The approximately 1,000 farmers who deliver cherry to this washing station come from the region and have between 2 and 3 ha of land sitting at an elevation of between 1,950 - 2,200 masl. SNAP focuses its operation on three fundamental pillars: consistency, education, and sustainability. Part of their mission is to improve the livelihood of supporting farmers, and last year their team of agronomists trained over 6,000 farmers in land and nursery management, and climate-smart agriculture through crop diversification and inter-cropping.
*Refer to our Grind & Brew Guide for recipes and grind setting ranges tailored to specific grinders and brewers.
For best results we recommend resting your filter coffee for two to three weeks post-roast before brewing.
Gedeb is one of four coffee growing woredas (districts) in the Gedeo zone, which also includes the famous Yirgacheffe woreda. As in other Ethiopian regions, farm sizes here are very small, and they are planted mostly with JARC varieties.
Kurume & Wolisho are JARC (Jimma Agricultural Research Centre) varieties. JARC developed these varieties in response to a devastating wave of Coffee Berry Disease (CBD) in the 1960s. These varieties were bred to be resistant to CBD.
Once the cherries arrive at the Chelbesa One Washing Station, they are placed in water for sorting and removing of floaters. The cherries are then de-pulped and left to dry ferment in tanks for 2-3 days, to be later washed and placed to dry on raised beds. To ensure an even drying, the parchment is constantly moved each day, taking 7-10 days, depending on the weather, until reaching the desired humidity.
IMPORTER | Quest |
FARMGATE PRICINGWhat's this?FOB: "Freight on board," usually the price paid to the coffee exporter for coffee ready to ship. This includes price paid to the producer as well as milling, warehousing and transportation costs plus any intermediaries' fees and export costs. Farmgate: the price paid by the exporter or other buyer to the producer or producer organization. | -- |
FOB PRICING | $-- |
SUBTEXT PAID | $6.80 USD per lb. |
LOT SIZE | Subtext purchased 300 kg of Chelbesa Danche Washed. |
RELATIONSHIP LENGTH | Quest has been working with SNAP for three years and this is the fourth year we have purchased coffee from SNAP |
QUALITY | Subtext cupping score of 86.5 |