015 - Layo Teraga

About This Coffee

For 2025 in Ethiopia, I played favorites: Layo Teraga is my favorite cooperative in all of Ethiopia and every year produces some of my favorite coffees. This washed coffee comes from a two-week separation from Site 01, the cooperative's highest elevation station, and bursts with complex, fruited acidity. During my visit to Layo in December 2024, we asked for the cooperative to create two-week separations of the harvest in its warehouse to enable us to cup through and select the highest-quality lots for export. This coffee comes from a separation at the early end of the peak harvest and presents in the cup with vibrant tropical and stonefruit notes of apricot, peach and pineapple highlighted with jasmine and pink lemonade