MAMAM - Ethiopia Tagel Alamayehu Washed Filter 250 g

Whole-bean specialty coffee from Ethiopia, roasted by MAMAM roasting brand. Light roast, perfect for filter coffee machines, drippers, Chemex, AeroPress, French Press, and other pour-over brewing methods. The flavour of the brew resembles apricot, black tea and jasmine.

Origin: Ethiopia

Region: Hambela Wamena, Guji 

Farm: Tagel Alamayehu

Variety: Heirloom

Processing: Washed

Altitude: 2300 m a.s.l.

Cupping score: 87 / 100 

ABOUT FARM

The story of Tagel Alamayehu, the owner of an exporting company Olkai and a coordinator of Hambela Goro station, is pretty impressive. His father was a Guji legend: a producer and a coffee trader who built the very first washing station in the Bule Hora community in Guji, in the early 00’s. In the meantime, unfortunately, he went bankrupt losing all of his growing lands. Tagel promised himself to redeem the plots that had belonged to his father and years later he pulled it off! Then, in 2018, when the government made it easier for producers to export by liberalizing legislation, he founded Olkai.

Hambela Goro works with 460 smallholder producers that grow 74110 varietal at an impressive altitude of 2300 masl. Most of them own literally only hundreds of coffee trees each, which makes lots from Hambela Goro truly multi-component blends. At the same time, the consistency and quality of this coffee are beyond extraordinary.

In addition to direct involvement in coffee production, Olkai prioritizes social responsibility in order to empower producers they work with. Under Tagel’s leadership the company provides above-market rates for growers, distributes seedlings annually and supports the construction of schools and needed infrastructure within communities.

ABOUT COFFEE

The cherries are collected at a really peak ripeness. Then they undergo several steps of hand sorting. After depulping the coffee is submerged in water, in tanks and goes through 48 hours of fermentation. Following this, the parchment is being moved to african beds for drying and that takes around 10-12 days, depending on the weather and humidity prevailing during this period.

Several amazing factors, such as specific terroir, extremely high altitude, an amazing 74110 varietal, smallholders’ skills and the professional management and organization at Hambela Goto created a beautiful synergy, resulting in this wonderful washed coffee. Expect complex layers of florals and crisp citrus, backed by a deep, stone fruit-like sweetness. Simply a quintessence!

ROASTER'S NOTE

Peach iced tea captured in a coffee. A return to warm, summer days.

V60 RECIPE

16g of coffee

250g of water 96°C

Medium Grind Size 

1. Put a paper filter in your V60 and rinse it with hot water ( 96C ). It will preheat your drip brewer and gets rid of a paper taste from the filter. For the best results always use filtered water (remember that  98,5 % of your brewed coffee is water)

2. Remove the rinsing water from the server.

3. Grind your beans just before you brew and add the coffee to the drip brewer. Gently distribute your coffee into the center of your V60.

4. Place your V60 on a vessel on a scale and make sure that your water is 96 C.

5. Tare your scale and start the timer.

6. Add 50 grams of water. Your coffee will begin to bloom.

7. At 30 seconds, add more water up to 100 grams. Pour the water slow, gently and in clockwise circles.

8. At 00:50 pour hot water to 200g. 

9. At 01:10 pour hot water to 250g.

10. Swirl your V60 and let the coffee drip. 

11. The water should have drained in around 3:00. You may need to change your grind setting, when the coffee finishes to brew too quickly or too long. But always taste and then judge your coffee.