Bekele Yutute - Lactic Natural JARC 74158
This is our third featured coffee from Bekele Yutute, an award winning producer from the Bensa region of Ethiopia. This Lactic processed 74158 is vibrant, sweet, and tropical with citric acidity and coconut milk sweetness.
250G
Bekele Yutute - Lactic Natural JARC 74158
September Coffee Roastery
119 Iber Road
Unit 9
Ottawa ON K2S 1E7
Canada
- Variety: JARC 74158
- Country: Ethiopia
- Region: Sidama
- Process: Lactic Natural
- Altitude: 2350 MASL
- Producer: Bekele Yutute
- Roast Level: Light
In the cup
In the cup we taste juicy oranges, creamy coconut, and sweet honey. This coffee has a silky body and a lingering sweet finish.
Funky
Experimental
About The Producer
Bekele Yutute is Ethiopia's 4th place Cup of Excellence Winner for 2024. Growing up around coffee producers in the Bensa region, Bekele learned how to grow high-quality JARC 74158, a common varietal for a lot of quality-focused farms. After deciding he wanted to handle the production and exportation of his high-quality lots himself, Bekele got his own exporting license in 2021.
Processing
Lactic Natural processing is a form of anaerobic processing, where oxygen has little to no interaction with the coffee cherries. After being hand-sorted, the coffee cherries are placed in sealed tanks. Without access to oxygen during this phase of processing, greater concentrations of lactic acid develops following the fermentation of the carbohydrates of the mucilage. The mucilage is a key component in this type of processing, as the mucilage provides an ideal environment for fermenting. The increased amounts of lactic acid result in a coffee with a well-defined body. Bekele currently focuses on sundried and anaerobic lots, supported by his brother-in-law and his nephew, Stephen.
Variety
The Jimma Agricultural Research Centre (JARC), one of Ethiopia's federal agricultural research centers, approved the release of 74158 in 1979. The variety originally came out of the Metu Bishari Selections taken from mother plants from the Metu Woreda (district) of the Illuababor zone. 74158 was selected and propagated for its high yield potential and resistance to coffee berry disease.
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