Haroberdame, Ethiopia

Summary

Haroberdame is the most recent addition to our single origin lineup, and is the newest component of our Seasonal Blend. Sweet, floral, and packed with sugary jammy texture, this coffee is best suited for black and milk based espresso beverages. Grown by the smallholder producers of the Gedeb district, this coffee is a shining example of traditionally grown in Ethiopia.

Producer 

Haroberdame is grown by the Ethiopian farming families of the Gedeb district, or woreda. Located in the Gedeo Zone of the South Ethiopian Regional State, this coffee is named after one of the area’s local villages. The smallest subdivisions of Ethiopia’s municipalities, known as Kebeles, are only documented on paper and are often unspecifiable unless visited directly. Our friends at Utopia, who supply this coffee to us, are closely connected to the processing co-ops in the region, and named this coffee after that particular village. Part of Utopia’s mission is to push for higher traceability by developing stronger connections between producers and coffee buyers.

Most growers in the region manage small plots of land between 1 and 5 hectares, and sell their coffee cherries to local co-ops. Even though this coffee has a mix of coffee varieties, they are all local varieties which have adapted to that particular geographical location, and have similar brewing characteristics as a result. Growers are often not allowed to plant other varieties, as the preexisting varieties typically grow harmoniously in a forest-like setting with the other native