Caffè Specialty Etiopia Jimma Birbisa Naturale

This Birbisa lot is produced by Abdo Abamecha in the Jimma Zone of western Ethiopia. Abdo is the brother of Mustefa Abakeno and has worked in coffee for more than eight years, originally supplying exporters before beginning to export directly from the area where he was born and raised. In 2023 he obtained his own export licence and began sharing some facilities with his brother.

Abdo produces both washed and natural coffees, with attention to cherry selection, drying and lot separation. His work is connected to the coffee-growing communities around Jimma, where smallholder farmers deliver cherry during the harvest. The shared family infrastructure supports processing, storage and export preparation while keeping the lots traceable.

This lot is processed at the Birbisa washing station, part of the family-linked structure between Abdo Abamecha and Mustefa Abakeno, which handles cherry reception, sorting, drying and storage before export.

For the natural process, cherries are floated to remove immature or lower-density fruit. The selected cherries are skin-dried under shade for one day before being moved to raised beds; drying takes around 20 to 30 days depending on the weather, with regular turning.

The Birbisa lot is prepared as a Grade 1 natural from Jimma. After drying, the coffee is brought to the required moisture level, bagged and stored, then prepared for dry milling and export through the shared family infrastructure.

Percolation

• Ground coffee: 15.5g
• Hot water: 250g
• Recommended filter: SIBARIST/Hario
• Water temperature: 92°C
• Steps (excluding Blooming): 3 of 70g each
• Water: 50-80 ppm
• Total time: max 2'30″

Espresso

• Ground coffee (double shot): 18.5g
• Beverage weight: 38g
• Recommended filter/portafilter: IMS Competition
• Water temperature: 91°C
• Pre-infusion: 5″
• Water: 50-100 ppm
• Total time: about 25-27″

Moka

• Ground coffee/water ratio = 1:10
• Moka pot: Bialetti/E&B Lab (IMS filter)
• Water: 50-100 ppm
• Total time: about 3'
• Remove from the heat just before it starts to gurgle