Berry Blues
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Berry Blues is back, a silky anaerobic natural from Esayas Beriso, grown high in Oromia, Ethiopia. This year’s harvest is shade-dried and has plenty of dark fruit notes and a boozy edge: grape soda up front, myrtle liquor behind it, and a cashew-butter richness that creates a buttery body and creamy mouthfeel.
Flavor Profile Funky, Round
Origin Ethiopia
Region Oromia
Producer / Farm Produced by Esayas Beriso
Harvest 2026
Tasting notes Cashew Butter, Grape Soda, Myrtle Liquor
Altitude 2300masl
Varietal Heirloom
Process Anaerobic Natural
Intervention Level Medium
FROM ORIGIN TO CUP
Esayas Beriso grows this high in Oromia, at an altitude of 2350 masl, where the thin, cool air slows the maturation of the cherries down. The heirloom cherries ferment anaerobically, sealed and deprived of oxygen, then dry slowly in the shade with the outer fruit layer still on. That slow, shaded drying is where the silky, buttery texture comes from, and the anaerobic fermentation pushes the fruit toward the darker, boozier end: grape soda and myrtle liquor. The cashew-butter note is less a flavour added than the way the body feels.
Origin
This lot sits in in Oromia, Ethiopia, at an altitude of 2350 masl. At that height the cherries mature more slowly and concentrate their natural sugars, which builds the sweetness and the silky body.
Varietal
Heirloom, the uncatalogued indigenous Ethiopian varieties behind the layered complex fruity profiles. For this coffee they lean more towards purple fruits and boozy profile due to the anaerobic natural processing.
Processing
Anaerobic natural, shade-dried. The whole cherries ferment sealed, without oxygen, then they dry slowly in the shade with the fruit still intact. The sealed fermentation builds the interesting grape and myrtle notes, and the slow shade drying is what gives the cup its final buttery mouthfeel and silky texture.
Intervention level
Medium. The sealed anaerobic fermentation is an extra controlled step, and the slow shade drying carries the profile from there.
