Ethiopia Elto Hamasho

This lot comes from Elto Coffee, a specialty exporter in Sidama, Ethiopia, founded by Eliyas Dukamo and Atiklit Dejene. Eliyas grew up in the Dukamo family behind Daye Bensa, one of the region's most respected coffee operations, while Atiklit honed her quality control expertise at the renowned Gesha Village. Together they built Elto, a name meaning abundance in the Sidama language, with a focus on competition grade microlots that push Ethiopian coffee to ever higher standards.

The coffee is processed at the Hamasho station in the Bensa district, where more than 600 smallholders deliver their ripe cherry. This washed lot is made with real care, only the ripest cherries are selected and floated, wet fermented, then slowly dried on raised beds and shaded through the hottest hours to keep the drying even.