New coffee! Kayon Mountain Ethiopia Natural Process

If you love a classic fruit and floral forward natural process Ethiopia, this coffee is for you. Introducing our Kayon Mountain Ethiopia Natural. This enchanting coffee boasts a sparkling acidity and syrupy sweetness with tasting notes of passion fruit, jasmine, sangria, plum, lime, and cherry slushie. Definitely a must have for any and all lovers of a high quality natural process coffees.

Natural Process Explained. Most of the coffee we drink is washed processed. In this process, the coffee cherry and mucilage are removed (by a process of de-pulping, fermentation, and washing) from the coffee seed before the coffee is dried. Natural process, conversely, refers to a coffee processing technique where the coffee is laid out to dry with the coffee cherry intact (rather than removing the cherry skin and mucilage before drying). This creates a natural fermentation environment for the coffee and can produce very intense fruit and floral notes. If you like intense fruit and floral aromas and tasting notes, a high quality natural process is a great coffee for you to try.

Kayon Mountain Coffee is owned and operated by Ismael Hassen Aredo and his family where they grow coffee on 300 of their total 500 hectares. Located in the Guji zone of Ethiopia’s Shakiso district, Kayon Mountain employs 25 permanent full-time staff members and 300 seasonal employees. They offer free transportation services for their workers as well as financial support for building schools and administration buildings for the community.

Kayon Mountain farm has a nursery on-site and utilizes shade trees (acacia and other indigenous trees) to protect the coffee as well to create compost to fertilize naturally. Ismael is meticulous about not only the structure and management of the farm itself but also the harvesting and processing. Coffee is grown with quality and sustainability at the forefront utilizing traditional Ethiopian practices which is devoid of pesticides, insecticides, and fungicides.

Learn more about JBC, six time Good Food Award winners and named one of the best coffee roasters in the U.S. by Forbes and Gear Patrol with over 340 90 plus rated coffees at the Coffee Review. Also check out our recent feature in notable coffee publication Fresh Cup recently detailing how we stay relevant 30 years in the making. The Chicago Tribune called JBC one of Wisconsin’s standout roasters and the Daily Meal said our espresso will elevate your mornings. We are focused on quality-driven, sustainable coffees.

Unparalleled quality, a human story, and sustainability – that’s our coffee philosophy.

Unparalleled quality. We won’t buy a coffee unless we know that it will inspire you.
A human story. Often times a producer’s story gets lost in the coffee supply chain. It’s our focus to provide a seed to cup experience, honoring everyone involved.
Sustainability. We purchase sustainable coffees directly from producers and through brokers who share our goal of making coffee a sustainable commodity. Financially and environmentally, the coffees we purchase seek balance.