DANSE MORMORA [natural] Espresso

Roasted 29 NOV 2024

About the farmer(s)

Danse Mormora Natural — Ethiopia

Mormora is a large 200 hectare coffee estate. There are three washing stations on the property. As well as their own coffee, Mormora also process the coffee from around 650 small-holder farmers. This 'Danse' lot is is from the small-holder farmers.

  • region Guji
  • farm/farmer Small holder farmers
  • altitude 2100–2310m
  • crop 2023-24
  • cultivar Bourbon
  • process Natural

This lot is rather unusual as the varietal isn't Ethiopia Landrace as in 99% of coffee grown in Ethiopia but Bourbon, a natural mutation of Typica originating from La Réunion, formerly known as Île Bourbon. Cherries can be either red, yellow, orange or pink when ripe. Bourbon is 1/3rd more productive than Typica.

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