Jazz fruits
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Jazz Fruits is a staple in our lineup and one we try to keep around all year, whenever the harvest allows. We source this community lot from Daye Bensa each year for its fruity, easy-going profile and how well it works as espresso, especially with milk. Strawberry, white chocolate and mandarin in the cup. Named after the Jazz Fruits playlists on Spotify.
Origin Ethiopia
Region Yirgacheffe
Producer / Farm Produced by community Lot from Daye Bensa
Harvest 2026
Tasting notes Mandarin, Strawberry, White Chocolate
Altitude 2200masl
Varietal Field Blend, Local Landraces
Process Fully natural
Intervention Level Low
FROM ORIGIN TO CUP
Jazz Fruits is one of the staples in our line-up. It’s built around a Daye Bensa community lot, bringing together Grade 2 natural coffees from several washing stations across Sidama. We source it each year looking for the same thing: fruitiness, roundness and enough sweetness to work really well as espresso and with milk. The Grade 2 also allows us to keep it at a lower price than many of our other Ethiopians.
Origin
Daye Bensa works with producers across Sidama, Ethiopia, with coffees grown at elevations reaching around 2200 masl. Jazz Fruits brings together coffees from several washing stations rather than a single farm or producer, creating a larger community lot that we can return to each harvest.
Varietal
Local Ethiopian landraces, with multiple varieties growing across the farms that contribute to the lot. Rather than one defined cultivar, Jazz Fruits brings together this mix of local varieties. In the cup, we find strawberry and mandarin, with white chocolate bringing a rounder sweetness.
Processing
Natural. The cherries are dried whole on raised beds with the fruit still intact, turned regularly to help them dry evenly. It’s a traditional process in Ethiopia and gives us the fruity, round profile we look for when selecting Jazz Fruits each year.
Intervention level
Low. There is no additional controlled fermentation here. The whole cherries are dried on raised beds and turned regularly throughout the process to manage an even drying. Simple processing, with the focus on careful handling of the coffee through the drying stage.
