Ethiopia Banko Gotiti Yirgacheffe

🚚 Free hand-delivery to 90274 / 90275 / 90277 — this Sunday. Order by Friday.

Jasmine. Gardenia. Rose water.

Banko Gotiti sits between 1,950 and 2,200 meters in the hills of Yirga Cheffe — high enough that the cherries ripen slowly and the sugars have time to concentrate. The mill buys from roughly 320 smallholder farmers, most working two hectares or less. The wet-process coffee is turned by hand, and defects are culled one bean at a time before it ever reaches the drying beds. That care is why this lot cups at 93.5 — a score I have seen on very few washed Ethiopians.

In the cup it opens with jasmine in full bloom; the aromatics arrive before the coffee does. The body is clean and transparent — closer to a fine tea than to a heavy breakfast cup — with a sweetness that reads as agave and golden plum. As it cools the tropical side steps forward: guava, mango, honeydew, a flash of pineapple candy, finishing on lemonade and rose water.

I roast this to City+ — light enough to keep the florals intact, developed enough that the sugars aren't green. Same philosophy as the Gesha: get out of the coffee's way.

Tasting Notes: Jasmine, Gardenia, Rose Water, Golden Plum, Guava, Pineapple Candy, Lemonade

The Details:

• Washing Station: Banko Gotiti (~320 smallholder farmers)
• Region: Banko Gotiti, Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia
• Altitude: 1,950-2,200 MASL
• Varietal: Ethiopian Heirloom
• Process: Washed
• Roast Profile: Light (City+)
• Cupping Score: 93.5 (Sweet Maria's)

Two sizes: 125g to try it, 250g if you already know you'll finish it. The 250g bag is the lowest cost-per-cup on this site — and it's still a 93.5-point washed Yirgacheffe, roasted Saturday and handed to you Sunday.