Ethiopia
Ethiopian, Sidama. Honey
Ethiopian, Sidama. Honey
88.0
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Honey / Pulped natural
Heirloom
2120 - 2210
Regular
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What to Expect
This is Ethiopian coffee doing what it does best: floral, fruity, and bright, with the honey process adding a layer of sweetness that rounds out the edges without masking the origin character. Grown at over 2100 metres in Sidama's Bensa region, this Grade 1 lot from Daye Bensa's Gatta Farm delivers sugarcane sweetness, white grape, blueberry, and a delicate floral lift.
The Cup
The body is light and tea-like, with a silky mouthfeel that suits the delicate character. Acidity is bright and pronounced — citric and malic — exactly what you'd expect from coffee grown at this altitude and roasted light. The honey process brings stone fruit sweetness and a touch more body than a washed Ethiopian, but this stays clean and clear. No funk, just fruit.
Who This Is For
If you love bright, floral, fruit-forward filter coffees and appreciate clarity and complexity, this is your kind of coffee.
If you prefer a smooth, low-acid cup with chocolate notes, this one will challenge you.
Best for: Filter coffee enthusiasts who want classic Ethiopian character with honey-process sweetness.
How to Brew This Coffee
A V60 will give you maximum clarity and let the floral and fruit notes shine with proper separation. Filter methods like Chemex or Kalita Wave work beautifully for the same reason — light-touch brewing that preserves the delicate character. An Aeropress offers more control and a slightly rounder body if you want the brightness dialled back just a touch.
Ethiopia
Ethiopian, Sidama. Honey
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Description from Roaster
This delicious Gr.1 lot is delicate, bright, fruity and floral. It is everything you want from a coffee grown in Ethiopia and is definitely one of my personal favourites. An amazing specialty coffee with flavours of sugarcane, white grape, blueberry, floral and sweet. With a g...Description from Roaster
This delicious Gr.1 lot is delicate, bright, fruity and floral. It is everything you want from a coffee grown in Ethiopia and is definitely one of my personal favourites.
An amazing specialty coffee with flavours of sugarcane, white grape, blueberry, floral and sweet.
With a green cupping score of 88
I have 1 sack of this coffee and if it proves as popular as before it won’t be about for long!
This description comes from Bell's Beans, who roasts this coffee. For the fullest product detail, you can also see their own listing at Bell's Beans
Ways to Brew
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V60
V60 is a popular Japanese, cone-shaped pour-over coffee dripper designed for brewing clean, aromatic, and flavorful coffee. Known for its 60-degree angle, large single hole, and internal spiral ribs, it optimises water flow for a precise, quick, and customisable brewing process, typically 2-3 minutes.
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Filter
A filter coffee machine (or drip coffee maker) is an often electric kitchen appliance that brews coffee by heating water, passing it through ground coffee and a filter, and dripping the finished brew into a carafe.
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Aeropress
An innovative, portable brewing device that uses air pressure to extract coffee quickly and efficiently. This versatile method allows for experimentation with brewing times and techniques, producing anything from espresso-style concentrates to smooth, full-flavored cups with remarkable consistency.
Bell's Beans
Bell’s Beans is a family-run speciality coffee roastery based in Surrey, founded by Chris after leaving a career in engineering to pursue his passion for coffee. What began as home-roasting experiments on a small Gene Cafe machine soon evolved into a micro-roastery built alongside his home, where he combines an engineering mindset with a deep curiosity for the science and variability of coffee roasting. Bell’s Beans focuses exclusively on speciality-grade coffees sourced through ethical importers and producers who support farmers and their communities, with a preference for quality and transparency over scale. Intentionally remaining small and independent, the roastery prioritises craftsmanship, seasonal coffees, and selective partnerships, reflecting a philosophy of modesty while consistently refining its pursuit of excellent coffee.
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