POSSIBLY MAYBE
CONTINGENCY IN A CUP:
Possibly Maybe is the wild card on our menu. There are no strict guidelines for it. Instead it is a celebration of emergent or underrepresented origins, or perhaps a sensory profile that veers far from its regional expectations, or simply it is a lot that is delightfully surprising! We call it contingency in a cup because the flavour profile presents what is 'neither necessary, nor impossible', which is also part of what makes coffee so fun. As Björk says in her song Possibly Maybe, "uncertainty excites me" because "who knows what is going to happen?"
ORIGIN:
Bekele Kachara and his wife, Mrs. Abinet Mekonnen, grow coffee on their 4.5-hectare farm near the village of Murago. They focus on growing local heirloom varieties, including #74158, #74112, and #74110. Rather than relying on a washing station, Bekele relies on his vast experience working previously at stations in Bona and Bensa to process cherries on site at the farm. They have a meticulous approach, starting with a ‘pre-drying’ phase on raised beds before being sealed in stainless steel tanks for anerobic fermentation and then slowly drying on shaded beds. Given their attention to detail it is unsurprising that the farm is known for quality and their 2022 harvest placed 15th in the Cup of Excellence.
FLAVOUR:
You might associate a typical Sidamo profile with flavours of light berry and lemon citrus over floral aromatics. However, the combination of the local heirlooms with the multi-stage low oxygen processing in this lot from Bekele Kachara breaks all expectations. It has an intensely tropical profile with watermelon and cantelope flavours that zip over a big spicy sweet base, think tamarind or a cinnamon heavy cup of hot chocolate. It has a big candied finish with a velvety note of concord grape. It is the the kind of unexpected and surprising cup that is perfect for Possibly Maybe!
Light-Medium.
Watermelon, Tamarind & Purple Jolly Rancher.
REGION:
Murago, Bensa, Sidamo.
FARM:
VARIETAL:
#74158, #74112 & #74110.
ELEVATION:
2350m.
PROCESS:
Low Oxygen Anaerobic & Dried Natural.
IMPORTER:
Maya at Crop To Cup.
FOB PRICING:
$17.81 USD per Kilogram.
(This is the price before transport costs including shipping, brokerage, etc.)
YEARS PARTNERED:
This is our first harvest from Bekele Kachara