Ethiopia – Telila E.A. Decaf

Ethiopia – Telila E.A. Decaf

We love Decaf at Hot Numbers, and when Stuart from Osito told us they were sending some of the already amazing Yukro Telila lot to be Decaffeinated it was a no brainer that we needed to try this. Well we did and it's amazing! So proudly presenting the Telila E.A.

Tasting Notes Prune | Pomegranate | Lively
Producer Mike Mamo and Telila Central Washing Station
Process Washed & E.A. Process
Region Kecho Anderacha, Gera, Jimma
Varietal JARC 74112
Importer Osito

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E.A. Process or Ethyl Acetate process is a very common and popular decaffeination process where they rehydrate the green beans by steaming them, once fully saturated they spray an Ethyl Acetate solution over the beans, and once fully coated they allow the beans to dry. When the beans are drying, the Ethyl acetate solution evaporates, taking the Caffeine with it. This makes for a really balanced sweet cup of decaf and one of our favourite methods.

Telila CWS is owned and run by Mike Mamo, partner in Osito Coffee. The washing station was purchased in 2019 and in 2019/2020 the first harvest was put into operation. With a real focus on quality control and experimentation, we are excited to be working with Mike and his team at Telila. Not only are they producing high quality washed lots, but also honey process, natural and anaerobic natural processed coffees.

In that pursuit of improving quality, Telila is innovating in many exciting ways. For instance, where most washing stations build lots exclusively on the process used and the location the cherries were delivered to, Telila goes a step further and separates lots based on the day the coffee cherries were delivered. Mike and the team also store all their parchment in hermetically sealed bags – a first for Ethiopia. Most of the cherry being delivered are one of two varieties; Gibirinna 74110 and Serto 74112. Both of these are from the Metu Bishari selections made in the forest of the same name in the Illubabor Zone by the Jimma Agricultural Research Center (JARC) in 1974. They were selected for their resistance to Coffee Berry Disease. Now, they are some of the most propagated varieties in Ethiopia.

The Washing Station itself is located in Kecho Anderacha, Gera in the region of Jimma. The station is located at around 2000 masl. A donation of 0.10$/lb will be made for every lb Osito Coffee purchases from Telila to the Kacho Tulla Primary School in the village of Kecho Anderacha