Mr. Mengeche Derso - Ethiopia Landrace [natural] espresso

Mr. Mengeche Derso - Ethiopia Landrace [natural] espresso

Mangeche’s coffee has flavours of apricot, peach & raspberry.

Roasted in H-town 27 OCT 2026
      $28.00
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      About the farmer(s)

      Mr. Mengeche Derso - Ethiopian Landrace [natural] — Ethiopia

      Mengesha Derso produces coffee on his 15-hectare farm in Halu Beriti, Yirga Cheffe in the Ethiopian Highlands. With the help of four of his 12 children, Mengasha tends to the farm, planting, pruning, harvesting & processing. The plants are fertilised with compost & animal manure. The coffee was processed using the natural method, once harvested, the coffee cherries are washed, sorted & then placed on raised beds to dry in the sun. Depending on the weather this can take from 8-25 days.

      • region Halu Beriti
      • farm/farmer Derso Farm
      • altitude 2200-2300 Meters
      • crop 2026
      • cultivar Ethiopian Landrace
      • process Natural

      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

      Mengeche Derso on his farm in Halu Beriti, Yirga Cheffe.

      Coffee drying on raised beds at Mengeshe Derso’s farm.