Banko Gotiti is a village in the Gedeb district of Ethiopia's Gedeo Zone, where Yirgacheffe is located. The Banko Gotiti cooperative was founded in 2012, separately from the Worka cooperative, which is a larger organization. Banko Gotiti has about 300 members, who grow a mix of heirloom Ethiopian varieties of coffee.
Coffees in Ethiopia are typically traceable to the washing station level, where smallholder farmers—many of whom own less than 1/2 hectare of land, and as little as 1/8 hectare on average—deliver cherry by weight to receive payment at a market rate. All the cherries arriving at Banko Gotiti washing station are selectively handpicked. The coffee is hand sorted to eliminate under- or overripe as well as damaged fruits and then processed into lots without retaining information about whose coffee harvest is in which bag or which lot.
In the cup we find sweet notes of stone fruits reminding us of peach ice tea, soft florals and grapefruit when cooling down.
Region: Banko Gotiti, Worka, Yirgacheffe
Producer: Various Smallholder Farmers
Altitude: 1600-2300m
Variety: Heirloom Ethiopian Varieties
Process: Washed
Taste notes: Peach, Apricot, Grapefruit
Quantity: 250g
