Feature Espresso: Daannisa | Ethiopia

More about Daannisa & Sookoo Coffees:

This coffee takes its name after the Daannisa “sub kebele”, meaning a hamlet or a neighbourhood where the producers who have grown and harvested this coffee are based. As is typical for coffee production in Ethiopia, during harvest these small holder farmers sell their harvested coffee cherry to a local washing/drying station of their choice where the cherry is sorted, processed, dried, and prepared for export. In this case, the Daannisa hamlet growers sell their cherries to Wosasa drying station – one of the station owned and operated by Sookoo Coffees exporting company.  Sookoo Coffees was founded byTure Waji – also known as  “the King of Guji”, a local entrepreneur with strong connections to the local land and its community. Sookoo specialize in natural processed coffees and have developed strict drying protocols to achieve outstanding quality.  As well as operating drying stations Ture and the team spend time between harvests providing education to growers, training them in good agricultural and harvesting practices. With a great understanding that sustainable business can only be achieved with respect  to the environment as well as the people involved, Sookoo coffees and their out-growers farms' are organic certified.

The Daannisa hamlet lies within the Suke Quto area of the famous Guji Zone in Southern Oromia region of Ethiopia. Coffee in the area is typically grown under a canopy of natural forest, and the fertile red clay and loam soils help the coffee trees thrive. Along with the particular growing conditions, the genetics of improved landrace varieties and meticulous harvest and processing practices contribute to the unique cup profiles of coffees from this region. This lot has been assembled from the cherry of 37 local producers, each with an average farm size of around 3 hectares.  The drying station is extremely well organised and each day lot of cherry is tracked and kept separately on the drying beds. The lots are tagged with start date of drying and moisture readings for each day which allows to ensure slow and even drying process, resulting not only in great quality and flavour in the cup but also consistency and longevity of the green coffee.

This is the second consecutive year that Daannisa lot features on our offer and it has once again stood out on the cupping table. We love its flamboyant character and extremely clean cup profile. Expect jammy body with plenty of florals reminding us citrus fruits and blueberries.