The Guduba wet mill is a washing station located near the village of Benti Nenka within the woreda (a “woreda” is a regional district) of Hambela Wamena, Guji. Over the 2019/2020 harvest, approximately 589 smallholder coffee farmers delivered their coffee cherry to the Guduba wet mill which is owned by Eyasu Worasa, a native of the region who brings over a decade of experience to his management of the washing station.
Thanks to well executed processing at high altitude, this selection offers an incredibly clean taste of the beautiful coffee varieties of the region: a mix of Ethiopian Landraces (a blend of indigenous Ethiopian coffee varieties) and selected varieties brought to the region from the Jimma Agricultural Research Center.
In 2020, we intentionally preserved a small amount of this green (raw) coffee in deep freeze storage so that we could present and celebrate it again today - around 3 years from its original harvest date. As with other stunning coffees from Guji that we've had the pleasure of tasting in the past, this offering from Beni Nenka is remarkably complex, offering a harmonious bouquet of floral and fruit-driven flavors. Intense aromatics of honeysuckle, rose, ripe nectarine, and browning sugars introduce a memorable cup with sumptuous flavors of bergamot, peach, and a candy-like watermelon note as the coffee cools.