Roast: Medium/Light Coffee grown worldwide can trace its heritage back centuries to the ancient coffee forests on the Ethiopian plateau. There, legend says the goat herder Kaldi first discovered the potential of these beloved beans. For hundreds of years, Ethiopia has provided some of the world's best reviewed single origin premium coffee beans. In general, Ethiopian coffees are best known for their complexity with a pungent, winey quality and a distinct wildness in their acidity. Certification/Grading: Natural Roast: Med-light Tasting Profile: Milk chocolate, fruity, caramel Grower: Smallholder farmers from thee Sidama zone. Variety: Indigenous Heirloom Cultivars Region: Sidama Zone, Ethiopia Altitude: 1700-1900 M Soil Type: Nitisols Process: Full natural, sorted by hand. Dried on raised beds. The Sidamo region of Ethiopia is one of the oldest coffee growing regions in the world, rumored to date back to the 9th Century. In fact, many people consider it to be the birth place of coffee as the world knows and loves it today. The Ethiopians love their coffee so much that even though they are the 7th largest producers of coffee in the world they consume more than half of it domestically! Ethiopian coffees are world renowned for their unique fruity and floral flavors.