Halo Hartume has become an integral part of our work in Gedeb, and it is an honor to continue working with these coffees. Halo Hartume not only produces exceptional coffee, but the site also helps process cherry from isolated areas nearby. In the cup we find melon, plum, and lemon verbena.
Ethiopian Landrace
Gedeb, Yirgacheffe
1,900 - 2,210 masl
January 2026
Hand-picked at peak ripeness. Floated. Held in-cherry for 12 hours in shade. De-pulped and cleaned. Dry-fermented in plastic barrels for 12 hours. Wet-fermented for an additional 12 hours. Meticulously hand-washed to remove mucilage only. Dried in shade until moisture content reaches ~10%.
Worasa Mijane and his son Daniel are both natives of Gedeb. In the early 2000s, Worasa began processing coffee at his first site in Worka Sakaro. Nearly a decade later, in 2013, he and Daniel established a second washing station in Halo Hartume, just a few kilometers to the west. Yirgacheffe is known for introducing the world to the floral and citric profiles of washed Ethiopian coffees. It was here that the washed process gained global recognition, and the town quickly became synonymous with some of the most iconic flavor profiles in specialty coffee.
Ethiopia is widely acknowledged as where coffee originated, and its production continues to represent a significant part of the country’s economy. DNA testing has confirmed over 60 distinct varieties growing in Ethiopia, making it home to the most coffee biodiversity of any region in the world. Given the tradition of coffee production in Ethiopia and the political interworkings of the Ethiopian coffee trade, it is virtually impossible to get single variety coffee lots from Ethiopia. This is changing, albeit very slowly. Most Ethiopian coffees are blends of the many Ethiopian varieties, and referred to simply as 'Ethiopian Landrace'.
The cost of getting a coffee from cherry to beverage varies enormously depending on its place of origin and the location of its consumption. The inclusion of price transparency is a starting point to inform broader conversation around the true costs of production and the sustainability of specialty coffee as a whole.