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Chelbesa One
Specs
Producers SNAP & Smallholders of Chelbesa
Station Chebesa One Station
Region Chelbesa, Gedeb, Gedeo, Ethiopia
Harvest December 2024 - February 2025
Varieties Kurume & Wolisho
Process Washed
Altitude 2,200 masl
Importer The Coffee Quest
Chelbesa One
Producer Profile
We're very excited to share this bring back this washed lot from the Chelbesa One Station as an espresso offering for the second year. 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.
Brewing Chelbesa One
Recommended Use: Espresso
Recipe:
Grind: Start at the coarser end of where you grind Subtext coffees for espresso.
Dose: 17.5g
Yield: 48g
Time: 21s
TDS/Extn % 7.76/19.31%
Gedeb
Gedeb is one of four coffee growinf 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
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
Washed
Once the cherries arrive at the Chelbesa One Washing Station, they are placed in water for sorting and removal 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.
Transparency
IMPORTER | The Coffee 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. | 96.20 ETB per kg of cherry |
FOB PRICING | $4.46 USD per lb |
SUBTEXT PAID | $6.10 USD per lb + 10% "reciprocal" tariff placed on Ethiopian imports. * This coffee entered the US before being imported into Canada. |
LOT SIZE | Subtext purchased 360 kg. |
RELATIONSHIP LENGTH | Quest has been working with SNAP for two years. This is the third year we have purchased SNAP coffee. |
QUALITY | Subtext cupping score of 86.25 |