Ethiopia: Queen City, Harar

Harar’s “Queen City” moniker nods to the ancient walled city that once ruled caravan trade linking Ethiopia’s highlands to the Gulf. Coffee here is traditionally dry processed in arid mountain air, concentrating sugars and preserving a cocoa‑spice profile prized since the first global coffee wave. Kept at a balanced medium roast, this selection opens with milk chocolate and caramel, moves into dried‑fruit richness (date/raisin), and carries a faint blueberry echo. Acidity is lively yet orderly, body sits silky and rounded, and the cup resolves in a cocoa‑spice finish. It’s an old‑world Harar expression—fragrant, characterful, and quietly complex.

Sustainability badges: Smallholder Sourced, Raised‑Bed Dried, Traceable Lot, Small Batch Roasted