Harbegona is a community in the Sidamo Zone in the south of Ethiopia. The region has been one of our insider tips for excellent Ethiopian coffees for a few years now. We have been working with farmers from the region for many years and are thrilled by their coffee quality every year.
The washing station in Harbegona is situated at an altitude of 2,200 m.a.s.l., so the cherries ripen late during harvest time. This makes the cherries very sweet and provides optimal conditions for an exceptional coffee.
The farm in Harbegona belongs to our friend Heleanna and her team Moplaco. The team attaches great importance to the careful processing of the cherries. After picking, the ripe red coffee cherries are separated from unripe cherries by so-called floating in a water bath and then dried on raised drying beds in the sun for about 3 weeks. Meanwhile, the cherries are regularly turned by hand for even drying, with defective cherries being selected by hand. These naturally processed coffees are ideal for fans of filter coffees with fruity and complex flavours and exciting aromas.
This coffee is therefore processed by drying the whole cherry. This year we also bought a lot from the same washing station in Harbegona, which was washed. This means that the cherries and their pulp were removed directly after picking. This makes the “Harbegona washed” taste clearer and more flowery, but a little less fruity. You therefore have the perfect opportunity to taste the coffee from one and the same processing station in both preparation methods.
Ethiopia: Harbegona natural
- Origin: Harbegona Washing Station, Sidamo Zone, Äthiopien
- Geo-Coordinates: 6°34’37.5″N, 38°47’43.2″E
- Altitude: 2.200 m
- Coffeefarmer: Heleanna und Team Moplaco
- Processing: natural
- Plant: Ethiopian local landraces, Arabica
