Ethiopia Banko Gotiti Heirloom Natural by Proud Mary Coffee – Proud Mary Coffee Melbourne | Espresso of Interest | Espresso of Interest

Ethiopia Banko Gotiti Heirloom Natural by Proud Mary Coffee – Proud Mary Coffee Melbourne | Espresso of Interest | Espresso of Interest

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<meta charset="utf-8"> <p class="p1"> <meta charset="utf-8"><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">Banko </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">Gotiti</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1"> Washing Station serves as a centralized processing facility for many smallholder farmers a</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">round the small town of </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">Gotiti</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">Like much of Ethiopia, the coffees are grown on small, garden-style plots</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1"> with immediate family members </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">providing</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1"> the labor necessary during harvest. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">The washing station offers training to all farmers who deliver their coffee, mostly focusing on harvest </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">and transport procedures. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">Coffee is a crop that </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">is seldom confined by national and international boundaries, and Bank </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">Gotiti</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1"> Washing Station is an interesting demonstration of that. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">Officially, according to political boundaries, the station is in the Gedeo Zone. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">But</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1"> the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">terroir, microclimate, and flavor profiles of the coffees delivered to the station </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">are much more reminiscent of a classic </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">Yirgacheffe</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">This Natural from Banko </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">Gotiti</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1"> station is bursting with the delicate florals, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">jammy</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">berries</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1"> and warming chocolates we all know and love from </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">Yirgacheffe</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-mce-fragment="1">.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW18584085 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}" data-mce-fragment="1"> </span></p> <div></div>