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About Ethiopia Guji Benti Natural Swiss Water Decaf
We sourced a micro-lot that is part of the Swiss Water Emerald Small Lot series. The coffee arrived mid December 2025. To produce a top decaffeinated coffee you must begin with an excellent green coffee. Swiss Water is making big inroads into sourcing high green coffee to decaffeinate with their chemical free process.
It’s always a particular treat to present a decaffeinated offering from Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee. This coffee comes from the Benti Nenka village in Hambela, where coffee crops, usually smallholder farms of less than two hectares, are planted under and among shady garden vegetation such as false banana trees and other crops used as food. The high altitudes and uniquely beneficial climates here allow for the vibrancy and nuance Ethiopian coffees, particularly from Guji. Processing takes place at Eyasu Worasa’s Guduba mill, which has operated under the guidance and experience of Worasa for more than a decade. This lot of coffee is a natural process, bringing out sweet and fruity notes of berry and stone fruit with classically Ethiopian florality and tealike finish.
Workers at the Guduba Mill
- Producer: Eyasu Worasa
- Country: Ethiopia
- Region: Hambela, Guji Zone
- Sub-region: Benti Nenka
- Altitude: 1,900- 2,180 meters
- Variety: Heirloom Dega & Kuruma
- Process: Traditional Natural, dried on raised beds
Guji Benti refers to a specific, highly-regarded coffee origin in the Guji Zone, Ethiopia, from the Hambela region, known for its vibrant, fruity, floral, and tea-like flavors (berries, stone fruits, honey, lemon) due to high altitudes and traditional, often farming free of pesticides, by smallholders at mills like Guduba. Farming methods in Guji remain largely traditional. Guji farmers typically intercrop their coffee plants with other food crops. This maximizes land use and provides food for producing families. Guduba Wet Mill was built in 2012 in the village of Benti Nenka. The village and mill are located in the well-known Guji district of Hambela Wamena. More than 525 farmers contribute cherry to the station. Most farmers farm about 1 to 2 hectares at incredible elevations up to 2,180 meters above sea level.
The Swiss Water Decaf plant located in Vancouver, British Columbia uses a chemical free, pure water process to remove caffeine while minimizing the impact on the coffee's native flavors. In the decaffeination process, the green coffee beans are immersed in water in order to extract the caffeine. The water contains the soluble components of the coffee beans which hold the elements of the individual coffee's flavor, so that during the extraction of the caffeine the beans maintain their original taste components. The resulting coffee is 99.9 caffeine free. Once decaffeination is finished the beans are dried and packed. We are finding the coffee decaffeinated in this ultra modern Canadian plant to be the purest and cleanest we have found most recently. In addition, the process can be performed on relatively small lots of coffee - this means top quality coffees, rather than volume coffees - can be decaffeinated. Top coffees decaffeinated this way are a real break-through. Top coffees decaffeinated this way are a real break-through.
Cupping Charcteristics: Very clean, sweet aroma which opens to caramel, melon and peach. Fruity with mild intensity, notably red Anjou pear and raspberry flavors. Cleanly processed and soft mouthfeel.
Roasting Notes: Roast this coffee to Full City or FC+ to obtain a complete taste profile
but you can also go darker if your tastes run that direction.
