Bensa Hamasho
Benso Hamasho's flavors are refined, overtly aromatic, and at once delicate as they are intense. Light roasts perfectly capture these aspects.
Adding hot water to the coffee let off delicious smells of dark sugars and released perfumed floral notes of star jasmine and sweet gardenias. The cup is bright, juicy and sweet, and the aromatic profile is so complex and floral. The list of flavor notes is long. The underlying sweetness is refined, like a clear simple syrup, with aromatic notes of rue herb, jasmine pearl tea, and fresh flowers. Fruits are also a big part of the cup, and Hamasho offered a fruit salad of accents, like peach, honeydew melon, and orange.
Location: Hamasho Village, Bensa, Sidama, Ethiopia
Farmers from Hamasho village and processed by Asefa Dukamo ( washing station manager)
Altitude: 2200 meters
Variety: Heirloom
Arrive Date: August 2023
Process: Washed
About the farm: This lot is made up from coffees grown by farmers only in Hamasho village, none of their own estate coffee or coffees from the nearby villages are mixed in. The Hamasho site is really high altitude, over 2,200 meters above sea level! It's astonishing, and not only responsible for producing super dense coffee, but you see some smaller size beans too.
