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Testi Ayla Washing Station was founded in 2010 and became part of the Testi group in 2016. It now serves about 375 smallholder farmers in the village of Bombe in Sidama, near the Bombe Mountain. Producers here own an average of 2.5 hectares and grow varieties such as Mikicho and Setami, which are local coffees.

Coffees in Ethiopia are typically grown on very small plots of land by farmers who also grow other crops. The majority of smallholders will deliver their coffee in cherry to a nearby washing station or central processing unit, where their coffee will be sorted, weighed, and paid for or given a receipt. Coffee is then processed, usually washed or natural, by the washing station and dried on raised beds.

I think you will like this months micro-lot that just landed into the roastery and is a washed Guatemala.

Country: Guatemala

Region: Todos Santos Cuchumatanes, Huehuetenango

Farm: Wilmer Barrios

Process: Washed

Varieties :Bourbon, Catuai, Caturra, Pache, Maragogype, Catimor

Elevation: 2000 MASL

Harvest: September–April

Farmers story:

Wilmer Barrios owns Finca Ojo de Agua in Todos Santos Cuchumatanes, an area with many beautiful coffee farms in Huehuetenango. He primarily grows Caturra and Catuai varieties but also explores the creation of hybrids. Barrios works to maintain the coffee area already planted and the native forest of their environment. Coffee growing is his livelihood and he takes great care to produce quality coffee.

This years Kenyans are some of the best in years so get ready for a juicy bomb of intensity! As well members with two bags+ or more will get to try our new Colombian Decaf, which doesn't even taste like a decaf. So now you can truly enjoy coffee from early in the morning to late at night and reap all the health benefits without the extra caffeine.

It has been a full month in September of renovations and getting the vintage P12 Probat roaster into the new working space. Now there is a glass door separating the roasting from the coffee bar and tasting cupping area. The major bonus is come winter the roasting space will be cozy and warm since it can get a little cold with being in a large building.