Fairy on a Zipwire – Sample

While this coffee tastes awesome in every device, our favourites are a filter, Chemex or cafetiere.

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The Gedeb district of Ethiopia, part of the Gedeo zone in the south of the country, is well known for producing some of the finest coffees in the area – and that’s saying something given the quality of Ethiopian coffee.

Fairy on a Zipwire has been produced in the village of Halo Shashemene on a 5-acre farm owned and run by mother of 12, Aragash Gelcha. Alongside false banana and fruit trees, Aragash began growing coffee on the farm in order to feed her six sons and six daughters and has done so to a very, very high standard.

The work on the farm doesn’t stop just because the harvest finishes. Instead, Aragash and the family get down to work to apply the best possible practices in terms of sustainability and the ongoing health of the farm, ensuring that they continue to reach the levels of around 800 kg of green coffee per hectare.

Here at Two Chimps, our main coffees stay with us for around 8 – 12 months. Our limited edition coffees however, change more frequently. We source our coffees from small farms, cooperatives and single estates, meaning when a coffee has been harvested, processed and drunk, it is all gone. Our limited edition coffees will change every 3 – 4 months and are a great way of trying new and interesting coffees more frequently. They won’t follow a pattern of particular flavours or characteristics, but we can guarantee they will all be super interesting and tasty!

Every coffee has a score. If it’s below 80 points, the coffee is commodity. If it’s super-delicious, free from defects and scored 80 points or above, it’s speciality coffee!

Speciality coffee is better all round: acidity, balance, mouthfeel, aroma… Speciality coffee ticks all the boxes!

But, watch out. Don’t choose your coffee based purely on the score! A higher score might denote a more experimental coffee, or one with a very interesting lemony flavour, for example. This doesn’t mean you’ll like the flavour more than one that scored a little lower. Go with your gut – you know what you enjoy most!

Our awesome TC coffees all sit in the scrummy 80-90 region. We tend not to go for anything in the high 90s, as scores this high sometimes indicate an exceptionally rare coffee rather than one we think you’ll love! We always keep your cup in mind when selecting our coffee range!

We hand roast all of our coffees to bring out the most from each bean. We keep our roasts lighter too; to avoid any bitter or burnt notes. This way, you get to taste every flavour and characteristic of each coffee that the farmers worked so hard to produce. Lower grades of coffee will play host to undesirable flavours within the beans, resulting in a darker roast to mask these, but leaving a bitter taste. Luckily for you, we don’t need to do this. All of our coffees are smooth and sweet with natural flavours throughout.

Roast Style: Light & fruity

Location: Gedeb, Gedeo

Varietal(s): 74110, Kurume

Processing: Natural

Altitude: 2,150 metres above sea level

Country: Ethiopia

Certification: Speciality

Produced by: Aragash Gelcha

Score: 87.75

When you purchase a bag of Two Chimps Coffee, you are supporting the hard-working farmers who grow and harvest these amazing coffees.

We pay between 30 and 150% more for our coffee than the commodity-grade price. This, in turn, means more for the farmers, giving them capital to invest in better living conditions and an even better crop next year.

Keeping the supply chain as short as possible allows more money to make it to the farm and it’s workers. So from the team here at Two Chimps – high five and thank you!

Come on, you don’t really believe that fairies fly around fairy land, do you? They zipwire everywhere which is why they’re always so happy!