
ethiopia coffee
by dear deer coffee roasting bar ellerslie · auckland, new zealand
you'll taste lemon before grapefruit. this is ethiopia guji arsosala natural, a natural ethiopia from dear deer coffee roasting bar ellerslie.
it leads with lemon, grapefruit, and citrus zest, then moves into black tea and tea-like character, before finishing with milk chocolate and dark chocolate. the natural process gives it a fruit-forward depth that stays present across the whole cup.
it is a bourbon varietal grown in the guji region of ethiopia and processed using the natural method, meaning the coffee cherries are dried whole, which transfers more fruit character into the final bean.
brew methods that allow a slower, more controlled extraction, such as pour over or french press, will help the citrus and chocolate notes develop clearly. keep water temperature around 92-94°c and avoid over-extraction, which can dull the brighter lemon and grapefruit qualities.
...but somewhere along main highway, you stop looking for excuses to drive past dear deer coffee roasting bar. the regulars know what they've found here in ellerslie. this isn't some accident of location or timing. you walk into a place that roasts its own beans and actually cares about what that means. no shortcuts. no compromises that make business sense but taste like disappointment. the kind of coffee that makes you realize you've been settling for mediocre without knowing it. and here's the thing about roasting your own beans: it changes everything. the smell hits different when someone's paying attention to every stage of the process. when they're not buying pre-roasted from distributors and hoping for the best. ellerslie gets plenty of traffic heading north and south, but the people who stop here aren't just passing through. they're coming back. again and again. because good coffee creates its own gravity. especially that first flat white of the morning.
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