Ayla - Filter

About This Coffee

This coffee has notes of peach and cherry blossom with a sweet stone fruit acidity. We’ve been sourcing beautiful coffees through Testi Coffee in Ethiopia since 2018. Owned by quality-focused entrepreneur Faysel Yonis, this family-run business owns a number of washing stations, where they collect and process coffee grown locally by small-scale farmers. The Ayla washing station – named after one of Faysel’s nieces – is located in the Sidama region. It receives freshly picked coffee cherries from around 725 growers, most of whom farm organically on small plots of land, averaging 2-5 hectares in size. This lot was processed using the natural method – a time-intensive technique that Ethiopian producers have perfected over generations. The coffee is carefully laid out in the fruit on raised beds and regularly turned to ensure it dries evenly and consistently. In the cup this coffee is fruit forward and elegant, with delicious stone fruit and delicate florals. Coffees from Sidama are celebrated for their fruit-forward, floral and complex character. This lot has been natural-processed according to a centuries-old Ethiopian method. Coffee cherries are laid out on raised beds and turned regularly to ensure that they dry evenly and consistently. Faysel Yonis is the founder of Testi Coffee, and a passionate supporter of community education programs. Coffees from Sidama are celebrated for their fruit-forward, floral and complex character. This lot has been natural-processed according to a centuries-old Ethiopian method. Coffee cherries are laid out on raised beds and turned regularly to ensure that they dry evenly and consistently. Faysel Yonis is the founder of Testi Coffee, and a passionate supporter of community education programs. Coffees from Sidama are celebrated for their fruit-forward, floral and complex character. This lot has been natural-processed according to a centuries-old Ethiopian method. Coffee cherries are laid out on raised beds and turned regularly to ensure that they dry evenly and consistently. Faysel Yonis is the founder of Testi Coffee, and a passionate supporter of community education programs. Coffees from Sidama are celebrated for their fruit-forward, floral and complex character. This lot has been natural-processed according to a centuries-old Ethiopian method. Coffee cherries are laid out on raised beds and turned regularly to ensure that they dry evenly and consistently. Faysel Yonis is the founder of Testi Coffee, and a passionate supporter of community education programs.