Ethiopia, Nguisse Nare, Natural

Sitting atop a ridge at 2300 MASL in Bombe, Nguisse Nare’s 10 hectare farm “Setame” is planted with variety 74158 intercropped with taro and sweet potato. With his two other farms—one in Kokose, one in Tiburo—he produces natural and anaerobic coffees using his own cherry as well as cherry collected from around 60 of his neighbors. Nguisse bought the farm about five years ago, with a strict focus on quality. He floats his cherry before drying them slowly on raised beds over 20 days.