Chelchele- Ethiopian Landrace - Special Prep [washed] espresso

Chelchele- Ethiopian Landrace - Special Prep [washed] espresso

This special prep lot from Chelchele is clean & sweet with flavours of apricot, peach & Turkish delight.

Roasted in H-town 23 JUN 2026
$28.00
$28.00
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About the farmer(s)

Chelchele - Ethiopian Landrace - special prep [washed] — Ethiopia

This lot was produced at the Celchele Washing Station in Kochere, Yirga Cheffe.
The farmers who deliver to the washing staion live locally & farm on small, 1/2 hectare plots of land where the coffee trees grow in amongst the family food crops.
This is a special preparation lot from selected farmers. Cherres were harvested 5% just ripe, 90% ripe & 5% over-ripe & delivered to the washing station where they are washed & sorted to remove defects, de-pulped, wet-fermented, washed, dry-fermented, soaked & then dried on raised "African beds" for around 7-14 days.

  • region Kochere
  • farm/farmer Small-holder Farmers
  • altitude 1900-2400 meters
  • crop 2025
  • cultivar Ethiopian Landrace
  • process Washed

This lot is Ethiopia Landrace. Ethiopia has thousands of indigenous coffee varieties. We've seen figures of between 6-10000. Some of these have names. There are cultivars, [Bourbon, 74110] & hybrid coffees [Ababuna] available. Ethiopian Landrace are coffees that have come from the coffee forests. They are domesticated, locally adapted traditional varieties.

Brew guide

This is a light espresso roast. Roasted to bring out the fruity flavours of the coffee. This style of roast is best suited for black espresso based drinks. That said, you can still make a tasty flat white out of this roast.

  1. Black

    • dose 18g
    • Brew weight 40-45g
    • Brew time 25-30 seconds

  2. White

    • dose 18g
    • Brew weight 27-36g
    • Brew time 30 seconds

For any help on coffee brewing of all methods i.e. espresso, plunger etc fire an email through to espresso@rocketcoffee.co.nz

Chelchele drying beds

Coffee cherries at the washing station before processing.

Washing coffee.

Workers sorting coffee while drying on raised beds