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About Niguse Nara
The Murago area of the Sidama region in Ethiopia is covered in a densely layered semi-forest terrain that includes many crops like coffee (of course!) and false banana trees (that help provide the much needed shade for the coffees). It’s a practically perfect agro-ecology environment for growing coffees.
This specific station processes coffees from Niguse Nara and his relatives who have farms in the area. The varieties on these farms include ones from JARC (74158, 74110, 74112), which selects local landraces from various zones and logs and organizes them as a way to bring a little more understanding and organization to the multiple ‘wild’ varieties that grow in Ethiopia. There’s also a very local landrace called Sidamo that also grows on these farms.
Coffees are only picked when they are bright red and perfectly ripe. After delivery to the station, cherries are sealed in large barrels with water for 56 hours, fermenting without oxygen (anaerobic). Then, they are laid out on raised beds to slowly dry over the next 25-30 days.
What results is a vibrant strawberry juiciness with a sweet and floral lavender softness, all rounded out with the silkiness of milk chocolate. It’s a beautifully complex coffee that gives you something unique and interesting in every sip.
REGION: Sidama, Ethiopia
FARM/MILL: Niguse Nara Murago Site
VARIETALS: 74158, 74110, 74112, Sidamo (local landrace)
ALTITUDE: 2,000-2,100 meters
PRODUCER: Niguse Nara
PROCESS: Anaerobic Natural, Dried on Raised Beds
Sourced through our partners at Falcon Coffees.
Tastes like
Strawberry, Lavender, Milk Chocolate
Brewing Recommendation
While we strive to roast our coffees to be enjoyable using any brewing method, try this coffee on Chemex or V60.
Chemex Brewing Ratio - 1:16 [i.e. 25g coffee and 400g water]
V60 Brewing Ratio - 1:16.6 [i.e. 15g coffee and 250g water]
We 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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