Fruit-forward with bright strawberry and apricot notes, balanced by honey-like sweetness and floral aromatics.
Regular price€18,00
€90,00/kg
Tax included.
Producer Dukale Wakayo Dakola
Region Yirgacheffe, Gedeo
Altitude 2060
Variety Ethiopian heirloom
Process Natural
Natural process
Harvesting: Farmers hand-pick only ripe cherries. This manual selection ensures consistent quality and avoids underripe fruit that could affect flavour.
Drying: Instead of being pulped and fermented (washed process), cherries are dried whole. At Garse station, they are spread on raised beds and dried in the shade for around 3 weeks (≈21 days).
Turning & Care: During drying, the cherries are turned regularly by hand to ensure even airflow and to prevent mould or over-fermentation. Shade drying slows the process, allowing sugars and fruit compounds to develop more complexity.
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FLAVOUR PROFILE
Chamomile, Strawberry, Apricot, Floral
Roast
Dark
Light
Flavour
Dark chocolate
Fruity / floral
Acidity
Low
High
Founded by Ato Dukale and now run with his sons, DWD carries forward a legacy of Ethiopian coffee.
Wachile Garse Washing Station
Dukale Wakayo Dakota
At 2,060 metres above sea level, the Garse station in Yirgacheffe is home to some of the region’s most vibrant and expressive coffees. Built in 2011 by Dukale Wakayo Dakola (DWD), the station now works with 110 smallholder producers from the surrounding villages of Garse, Dobe Toga, and Wachile. Farmers here continue centuries-old traditions of coffee cultivation, passing knowledge from generation to generation to ensure exceptional quality.
The story of DWD begins with Ato Dukale, who grew up on his family’s coffee farm near Bensa in Sidama. After years of collecting small lots across the region, he built his first washing station in the late 1980s. Today, DWD has grown into a company with 16 collection centres across Sidama and Yirgacheffe, now run by Dukale and his sons Assafa, Shahsamo, and Yamrot. Together, they remain committed to highlighting Ethiopia’s terroir with coffees of clarity, elegance, and distinction.
