Ethiopia
Sheka
Sheka
A ripe and tropical fruit driven cup, produced by Moplaco on their Kawo Kamin farm, and processed at their Sheka mill.
About
Coffee Expression The honey process enhances the sweetness of this lot, reminiscent of ripe and aromatic tropical fruit.
Producer The fourth time we have purchased from Moplaco’s Sheka mill, which was completed just before the 19/20 harvest season.
Technical Data
Producer Moplaco
Region SNNPR
Altitude 2000 masl
Varietal Heirloom
Process Honey
Harvest December 2023
Brewing Advice
Water is one of the most critical components of an excellent coffee experience. We recommend using mineral water of a soft Total Dissolved Solids count, ideally below 150 ppm.
Rested coffee During the resting process, harsh and astringent flavors, which can even be perceived as a ‘roast’ character, soften out, allowing a clearer and brighter expression of the coffee’s character to shine.
We recommend resting our coffees for at least 10 days after the roast date, and we often find excellent results, especially for particularly dense coffees, beyond 6 weeks.
Brewing Our straightforward approach to coffee carries over into brewing. We recommend our roasted coffee for all brew methods, regardless of whether it is immersion, percolation or espresso. We believe that there is one correct way to roast a single coffee, roasting lightly, in such a way as to release its innate qualities and showcase its quality. Learn more about different brewing techniques and specific brew guides here.

This is our fourth release from Moplaco’s own farm, Kawo Kamin. Single farm lots are still rather seldom seen in Ethiopia, even since the liberalisation of the coffee market there in 2017, so it is a privilege to be able to share this lot by the team at Moplaco. We purchased our first lot from Kawo Kanin and the neighbouring Sheka mill in its first season in 2020.
Sheka
The Sheka forest is located in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR) in the far southwest of the country near the border with South Sudan. The forest, one of the most beautiful places we have visited during our years of coffee travels, is one of the largest areas of indigenous forest remaining in Ethiopia, known for its production of wild honey. While the healthy bees here are a good sign of biodiversity and minimal chemical use, much of Ethiopia has become very intensively farmed in recent years. The government has aimed to widen this intensive approach by offering grants to encourage agriculture across the still relatively untouched SNNPR. Especially tea, coffee and timber production is incentivised, leading to the involvement of foreign investors, deforesting swathes of land to create large estates and enforcing questionable working conditions for natives.
This carefully produced raw material is then taken to Moplaco’s Sheka mill to be processed. This station is Moplaco’s newest, and has mainly produced natural and honey coffees so far, as the large fermentation tanks required to produce washed coffees were only completed in 2022. Honey coffees have been exported from Sheka several times now, and are produced using a well-defined protocol. Cherries are carefully selected before de-pulping using a small hand cranked de-pulper. The coffee is then dried on raised beds under shade. Plastic covers are often used, and the drying takes slightly longer than it would in much of Ethiopia due to frequent rains and cool temperatures during harvest.
This long drying results in a softness and depth in the cup, softening the kiwi notes we often find in Sheka lots into ripe tropical fruit, while maintaining the distinctly complex florals.
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