Ethiopia Halo Berity Handbrew Single Origin - Monkey Puzzle
Nectarine | Pomegranate | Rhododendron | Floral Stone Fruit | Clean & Elegant
Casper Rasmussen of Coffee Collective in Copenhagen — one of the people who taught our founder how to roast — visits Halo Berity most years. Something that has always amused him are the monkeys. They occupy the tall trees around the washing station, watching proceedings with professional detachment. Occasionally they descend to investigate the drying beds. The beds are covered with nets for exactly this reason. The puzzle continues to confound them.
Details
- Origin: Ethiopia · Yirgacheffe · Halo Berity · 2,150m
- Variety: 74110
- Producer: Abeyot Ageze
- Process: Washed — pulped, fermented, and sun-dried on raised beds in the highland air
- Roast: Light · Handbrew
- Best for: V60, Chemex, AeroPress, Pourover
The Story
The Halo Berity area sits in the highest elevations of Yirgacheffe, a region celebrated for the most aromatic washed coffees in Ethiopia. Abeyot Ageze’s washing station — a Cup of Excellence and Golden Bean Australia winner — works with smallholder farmers across the surrounding hills. The 74110 variety, grown here at 2,150 metres, develops slowly under the cool highland air: the extra time shows in the complexity of the cup.
At filter roast, Halo Berity reads differently from its espresso sibling. Where the espresso brings calamansi and apricot intensity, the handbrew roast reveals a cooler, more elegant profile: nectarine replacing the tropical citrus, pomegranate adding a clean tartness, rhododendron lending an unusual floral depth that distinguishes it from every other washed Ethiopian we offer.
In the Cup
Nectarine opens the cup — stone fruit, clean and bright. Pomegranate follows with a vivid tartness that sharpens everything around it. Rhododendron on the finish: a distinctive floral depth that grows as the cup cools. Best brewed slow; best drunk unhurried.