Tasting notes:
Peach and nectarine, persimmon filling, spiced aromatics of clove, cinnamon, nutmeg, and chai, with brown sugar sweetness
Godina Guji is our latest custom Ethiopian decaf blend that we had processed by Swiss Water Decaf in Vancouver, Canada. What makes it, "custom", you might ask? Almost all of our decafs are pulled from our personal stocks of non-decaf coffees, giving us a unique level of quality control. This means we get to select coffees with flavors we've found will push through the decaffeination process, an ability we've gotten better at over the decade+ we've been working with Swiss. 2/3 of this blend is made up of fruit-forward, dry process coffees, a key ingredient of most of our Ethiopian decafs, and a big part of why they come back tasting so nice. In this case, Guji Godina has convincing origin flavors, fruity, aromatic, and recognizably "Ethiopian". This lot is mostly made up of coffees from Ethiopia's Guji Zone, with a very small portion coming from a station in neighboring Sidama. Most of it is from two stations where we've sourced excellent coffees through the years, and that should sound familiar to some, Gerba Doku and Harsu Wokilo. Swiss Water Decaf decaf use their patented chemical-free, water-decaffeination process to remove 99.9% of the coffee's caffeine content. The technique is gentle on the coffee's organic structure, leaving much of the aromatic compounds that affect flavor and aroma intact. Read more about the Swiss Water technique here.
Guji Zone, and Sidama
ProcessingDry Process (Natural) & Wet Process (Washed), then Swiss Water Process Decaf
Drying MethodRaised Bed Sun-Dried
Cultivar DetailHeirloom Cultivars
GradeGrade 1