Konga Amederaro

Tasting Notes: Pineapple · Red Wine · Jasmine

From Konga village in Yirgacheffe, where 1,890 smallholders bring their best cherries to the Amederaro station beside the Toracho river. Whole cherries ferment in sealed drums before drying — slow, oxygen-starved, patient work that builds a cup of pineapple, red wine and jasmine.

The station placed 7th in the inaugural Ethiopia Cup of Excellence, and reached the Taste of Harvest final table in both 2018 and 2019. This is garden coffee: grown in small plots between the houses, tended by hands that know the work.

A late-recognised origin producing world-class coffee. We know something about that.

Origin

• Estate: Konga Amederaro — Konga, Yirgacheffe
• Region: Gedeo Zone — Ethiopia
• Altitude: 2,000 m
• Process: Anaerobic Natural
• Varietal: JARC heirloom — 74110, 74112, 74165
• Roast: Light

In The Cup

• Body: Medium, juicy
• Acidity: Bright, tropical, winey
• Sweetness: Pineapple, ripe fruit
• Finish: Red wine, jasmine

About The Origin

Grade G1.

About The Varietal

74110, 74112 and 74165 are selections from Ethiopia's Jimma Agricultural Research Center (JARC), made in the 1970s after coffee berry disease struck; the 74 prefix marks 1974, when they were catalogued. 74110 traces to a mother tree at Bishari near Metu in Illubabor, western Ethiopia, and was released in 1979; these are short, compact trees chosen for disease resistance and yield. All three are widely planted in Yirgacheffe and Sidama gardens and are associated with clean, floral cups.

How It Was Processed

Sealed-drum cherry fermentation

Brewing Notes

Filter or pour-over, water just off the boil, a slightly coarser grind — that is where the pineapple and jasmine open up. Rest the bag 7–10 days after roast; fermented lots reward patience.

Brewed With Purpose

Roasted in small batches at our Maxwell Road roastery by baristas writing a new chapter. Every bag helps fund barista and life-skills training through The TCE Academy — because marginality is not destiny.

“See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop.” — James 5:7