
ethiopia coffee
by axil coffee roasters hawthorn · melbourne, australia
you'll taste lemon before grapefruit. this is chelchele, a washed ethiopia from axil coffee roasters hawthorn.
chelchele leads with lemon, grapefruit, and citrus zest, backed by jasmine florals and a hint of blueberry, then finishes with milk chocolate, dark chocolate, and almond.
it comes from the yirgacheffe region of ethiopia and is washed processed, meaning the coffee cherry is removed before drying, which produces a cleaner, more defined cup.
filter or pour-over methods suit this coffee well, as they preserve the clarity that washed processing creates and let the citrus and floral characteristics come through clearly.
you're on burwood road where hawthorn settles into its groove between the city rush and suburban quiet. axil coffee roasters claims this corner with the confidence of a local operation that's figured out what works. they roast their own beans, which means the coffee tastes like someone actually cares about what ends up in your cup rather than whatever showed up in the latest shipment. the space draws a mix of people who know good coffee when they taste it and locals who've made this their regular stop. you'll find students with laptops, tradies grabbing takeaways, and the kind of conversations that happen when caffeine meets genuine community. melbourne's coffee scene runs deep, but places like this remind you why the city earned its reputation in the first place. grab a flat white on a tuesday morning when the light hits just right through the windows.
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