Ethiopia Guji Kayon Mountain For Cheap

The Kayon Mountain Coffee Farm is 500 hectares with about 300 hectares planted in coffee and has been owned and operated by Ismael Hassen Aredo and his family since 2012. It is located 510 kilometers south of Addis Ababa, and the property crosses the border of two villages—Taro and Sewana—in the Oromia region, in the Guji zone of the Shakiso district of Ethiopia.

Ismael oversees a staff of 25 permanent full-time and 300 seasonal employees. The farm management offers free transportation services as well as financial support for building schools and administration buildings for the community. The farm competes with a nearby mining village for seasonal workers, so Ismael and his family tend to pay higher wages to their pickers to incentivize them to return year after year.

Kayon Mountain Farm has a nursery on-site and utilizes shade (acacia and other Indigenous trees) to protect the coffee and create compost to fertilize naturally. Ismael is meticulous about not only the structure and management of the farm itself but also the harvesting and processing. Both Natural and Washed lots are produced on the property.

Origin

  Grower:  Ismael Hassen Aredo and his family

  Farm: Kayon Mountain Farm

  Region: Shakiso, East Guji, Guji, Ethiopia

  Cultivar: Indigenous heirloom

  Altitude: 1900 to 2200 meters

  Processing Method: Natural and dried on raised beds

Profile

  Roast Level: Light Roast  

  Cup profile: cranberry, pomegranate, golden raisin

The Cup: This coffee is one of the most unique and thrilling coffees we have ever seen. It could fit the mold of an exceptional washed Ethiopian coffee but it is a little bigger, a little bolder, and a little less subtle. With flavors of apricots on the nose and the taste of a fruit basket filled with pomegranates, cherries, red grapefruits a hint of chocolate, and slightly nutty this coffee is something very special.