Ethiopia Goro Natural

Goro is one of the seven washing stations of the coffee exporter Buno General Trading. Buno is attentively managed by Mr Abiyot who selects the producers he works with based on their interest in and alignment with principles of specialty coffee.

The Goro washing station is located close to the city of Hambella which stands at an altitude of around 2320 metres above sea level. Historically, this might have been considered too cold for coffee production. Happily, coffee here grows beautifully with slow cherry maturation contributing to outstanding character in the cup. The 12 producers who have contributed cherry to this lot have between 3 and 15 hectares of land - larger than many producers in Ethiopia. With larger parcels of land comes a slightly easier approach when making changes to harvesting methods, hence Mr Abbot's preference for working with them.

When tasting this lot for the first time, we were immediately hit with heady florals and were blown away by the clean cup character. There are notes of peach, mango, nectarine...the list goes on! Most interestingly is the lactic creamy finish which for us was reminiscent of crème-fraîche. We found this coffee at its absolute best in an Aeropress, though other paper filter methods will also do a brilliant job!It's tea-like character and light body mean it is better suited to be enjoyed without milk to really get a sense of what makes this coffee so special.

Once you have placed your order, you will receive an email to confirm it is being processed and then another one to let you know when it has been dispatched. We are currently operating with 3 working day lead time to process your order once you have placed it. 

Royal Mail 2nd class tracked postage is included for orders over £25. Orders under £25 will add £4.10 for 2nd class tracked postage. Alternatively, you have the option to include 1st class tracked postage for £5.

Local pickups take place from the Roastery on Tong Road. Please note our shutter doors will be down for security and temperature reasons but we are always in Monday-Friday between 9 and 5pm – just ring the doorbell on arrival

If you order 1-2 x 250g bags of coffee, they will be sent in a letterbox friendly package so that you do not need to be in to take receipt of your coffee.

Our 250g bags are 100% home compostable including the valve, seal and sticker! They will degrade in 6 months in a well managed home compost.

Our 1kg bags are currently in LDPE plastic - some councils will recycle this for you, if you are unsure simply take it to your local supermarket with your other plastic packaging.