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CoffeeEthiopia Agaro Nano Challa has the sweetness of white honey, mildly fruited in flavor, and a healthy dose of toffee almond. It carries red grape fruit and a Ricola-like dark herbal aspect. A much lighter mouthfeel suits the slight effervescence.
Nano Challa is a smaller cooperative coffee mill near Gera town in the Agaro area, Western Ethiopia. The farms are at altitudes between 1900 to 2100 meters, planted in old regional varieties of coffee.
This year, Nano Challa has a very refined cup character, something that will definitely strike a chord with light roast purists. Floral, sweet, clean and bright. The dry fragrance is loaded with cane sugar, vanilla, sweet cream and floral jasmine hints. Caramelized sugars, and peach come through on the break, with a candy sweetness. All of this translates to a bright and well-structured cup flavor. There is Ethiopian white honey, which is mildly fruited in flavor, and a healthy dose of toffee almond. Cherry juice, mild citrus, jasmine, and Earl Grey tea. Nano Challa has a lighter mouthfeel that suits it’s bright and effervescent cup flavors. It has an intense sweetness and bouquet of fruit.
A bright and well-structured cup flavor. There is Ethiopian white honey, which is mildly fruited in flavor, and a healthy dose of toffee almond. It tastes of red grape fruit, and a Ricola-like dark herbal aspect. This coffee finishes nicely with toasted hazelnut. Nano Challa has a lighter mouthfeel that suits it’s bright and effervescent cup flavors.