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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Sharbo Maro; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Sharbo Maro; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Sharbo Maro; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Sharbo Maro; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Sharbo Maro

Roasted by Counter Culture CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsEthiopiaGedeoWashedLight roastBlack TeaArabicaSingle originSharbo MaroCounter Culture CoffeeIndependent
🇪🇹EthiopiaWashedField BlendLight roast
Brand
Counter Culture Coffee
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇪🇹Ethiopia
Region
Gedeo
Town
Wenago
Farm / Station
Sharbo Maro
Farmer / Producer
Sharbo Maro
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Field Blend
Process
Roast
Light
Tasting notes
black tea, floral, limeade
Fermentation
After flotation and depulping, the coffee ferments under water for 24 hours, with the water refreshed about every six hours. It is then washed, soaked for another 24 hours, washed again, and transferred to raised beds.
Drying
Raised beds
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
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The transparency chain

FROM THE BAG
BACK TO THE LAND.

Every link we could verify, traced in one place. Follow the chain as far as it goes — when the industry doesn't disclose a link, we say so instead of guessing.

  1. 01
    The name on the bag
    Sharbo Maro
  2. 02
    The brand
    Counter Culture Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Counter Culture Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Field Blend
  5. 05
    The farm
    Sharbo Maro
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Sharbo Maro
  7. 07
    The region
    Gedeo
  8. 08
    The country
    🇪🇹Ethiopia
From the producer

Sharbo Maro acquired the farm in 2015 and manages it with his sons’ families. He is a member of the Jabanto group and one of its few farmers with the space and equipment to wash coffee.

From the roaster

Counter Culture Coffee is a specialty roaster that emphasizes transparency and sustainability in its sourcing of exceptional single-origin coffees.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

Single-farmer Ethiopian exports remain uncommon. Maro’s independent washing infrastructure enables a traceable washed lot whose 24-hour underwater fermentation, soak, and raised-bed drying emphasize clarity and sparkling acidity.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Cherry sorting and depulping

Ripe cherries are floated before the fruit is mechanically removed.

02
Underwater fermentation

Depulped coffee ferments under water for 24 hours, with fresh water introduced about every six hours.

03
Wash, soak, and dry

The coffee is washed, soaked for a further 24 hours, washed again, and dried on raised beds.

What was added?

No added ingredients or starter cultures are disclosed.

What wasn't added?

No fruit, spices, flavorings, or post-roast additives are documented.

Why it matters

The farm’s own washing infrastructure makes a rare single-farmer Ethiopian export possible and supports unusually specific processing traceability.

What you might taste

Counter Culture lists black tea, floral, and limeade.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://counterculturecoffee.com/products/sharbo-maro
  • · https://counterculturecoffee.com/collections/single-origins
Coffee profile

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

This coffee is in our database because we can reliably document it — but we haven't tasted and scored it yet, and we never publish a score we haven't earned.

Outside reviews and internet discussion — is kept clearly separate from our own review. When we taste it, our full review appears here.

The internet pulse

What the internet is saying about this coffee

Research complete — no qualifying reviews yet

Our research pipeline scanned public reviews, videos, forums and discussions for this coffee (last pass 2026-10-25) and found no independent review of this exact release that meets our verification standards. When qualifying sources appear, they'll be published here.

What we found

Non-exact, seller, directory, generic-roaster, different-release, duplicate, and older-release sources were excluded.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Sharbo Maro →Meet the farmer: Sharbo Maro →
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