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About Tariku Kare
In the Oromia state lies the small district of Nensebo, home of the Refisa washing station where 593 smallholder farmers (we love exact traceability!) bring their cherries from their farms in nearby villages to be processed.
These farmers are all located within 5000 hectares of each other (about 20 sq mi), an area that encompasses their high elevation (2000+ meters) farms. Most landholders have around 2 hectares (~5 acres) and grow a mix of local and wild forest heirloom varieties.
Tariku Kare is the washing station’s owner. His coffee journey began at 15, when he began working as a coffee cherry sorter for a local cooperative. He was then promoted to wash the coffees. When a washing station opened in Nensebo, he was recommended to be the one to manage it. He then opened a new washing station with 17 others, which he managed. After that, he opened another washing station on his own — the one that this coffee is processed at — to supply coffee to the international market. But, he wasn’t done yet! He returned to his hometown of Bombe and built a washing station there too.
Tariku pays a premium over local prices for cherries and works hard to incentivize farmers to deliver cherries to his stations. This coffee is a wonderful expression of everything we love about washed Ethiopian coffees — bursting with notes of juicy fruits complemented by fragrant florals. We can’t wait for you to taste the beauty of Tariku’s coffees.
REGION: Nensebo, Ethiopia
FARM/MILL: Tariku Kare
VARIETAL: Heirloom
ALTITUDE: 2,070 meters
PRODUCER: 593 Smallholder Producers
PROCESS: Washed and Dried on Raised Beds
Sourced through our partners at Crop to Cup.
Tastes like
Mandarin Orange, Jasmine, Peach
Brewing Recommendation
While we strive to roast our coffees to be enjoyable using any brewing method, try La Esperanza on Chemex.
Chemex Brewing Ratio - 1:16 [i.e. 25g coffee and 400g water]
Brew at home like a pro
View all brewing guidesWe ship almost all orders same or next day, Monday-Friday. We ship via USPS and typically orders take 2-5 days arrive. (But, as you may know, once we drop your package off, shipping times are out of our control.)
The coffee is usually roasted within one business day (Monday-Friday) of shipment. We recommend waiting at least 3-4 days after the roasting date before brewing. (And we think the sweet spot is around 2 weeks!)
All our coffees will be somewhere in the vicinity of a light to medium roast.
The way we approach roasting coffees is called 'profile roasting' meaning that we create a unique roasting profile for each coffee based on the characteristics of each bean (density, size, moisture level within the bean, etc) and how it reacts while roasting so that we can get what we believe to be the best expression possible for each of our coffees!
Lucky for you, any of our coffees can be brewed as espresso!
We aim to roast our coffee so that it tastes great in a variety of brew methods. (Fun fact: espresso is a brew method, not a type of coffee bean!)
If one of our offerings sounds good to you, we bet you’ll like it on espresso too! But, we always like to suggest Tres Banderas as a starting point for espresso.
No, most of our coffees aren’t ‘certified’ organic. But!! That doesn’t necessarily mean they’re not grown using organic processes. For many of the farms/mills that we purchase coffee from, the cost of the certification could put them out of business — new and separate equipment, cost of application process, the time spent going through certification (multiple years), etc. You can read more on the topic in our blog post here.
We are not officially fair trade certified and typically do not purchase Fair Trade certified coffees. We believe the system is a good one, and has helped many farmers and families earn a better living, however, one thing it does not address well is quality of product, and we typically pay much higher prices for higher quality.
Fair trade usually offers farmers a small premium (about $.40) on top of whatever the current market price for coffee is. We either work directly with producers or importers that already pay well above Fair Trade prices for high quality coffees. We pay top prices for great coffees regardless of any certification. Please feel free toreach out to us if you have any other questions regarding our buying practices.
Your enthusiastic satisfaction with your order is our top priority! If you are dissatisfied with your purchase, please contact us to discuss available options.
You have 30 calendar days to return an item from the date the order was placed. To be eligible for a return, your item must be unused and in the same condition that you received it in and must be in the original packaging.
Please note that we cannot accept returns on coffee because it is a perishable item. If we made an error in fulfilling your coffee order, we will, of course, make it right! Just contact us and we’ll get everything sorted.
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