Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Banko Taratu, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Banko Taratu; not a documentary photograph

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🇪🇹Ethiopia · Yirgacheffe

Banko Taratu

Roasted by Rogue Wave Coffee RoastersRoaster's website

EXPERIMENTAL PROCESS

TagsEthiopia Yirgacheffe Washed Blackberry Jasmine Arabica Single origin Banko Taratu Washing Station Banko Taratu Smallholders Rogue Wave Coffee Roasters

🇪🇹EthiopiaWashed

Brand

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Roaster website

Visit website

Country

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Region

Yirgacheffe

Town

Banko Taratu

Farm / Station

Banko Taratu Washing Station

Farmer / Producer

Banko Taratu Smallholders

Species

Arabica

Type

Single origin

Grade

Not specified

Variety

Ethiopian Heirloom; constituent cultivars undisclosed

Process

Roast

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Tasting notes

Blackberry, Iced Tea, Jasmine, Grape, Nectarine

Fermentation

Double fermentation: 48–72 hours after pulping, followed by 12–24 hours after washing.

Drying

Raised-bed drying for 12–15 days.

Product page

Roaster's site

Date reviewed

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Why some details are blank

gradeThe exact product page does not publish a formal green-coffee grade.
altitude mRogue Wave publishes a 1,900–2,300 m range, not a single point elevation; no midpoint was invented.
variety idThe primary source says Ethiopian Heirloom without identifying a single named cultivar for this exact release.
roast levelRogue Wave publishes exact brewing guidance but does not label the roast level.
roast dateNo bag-specific roast date was verified for the archived release.
public sentimentOne exact independent video review exists, but no stable score or transcript was retrievable; no sentiment direction or number was inferred.

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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.

01
The name on the bag
Banko Taratu
Named on the bag
02
The brand
Not disclosed
Not disclosed
03
The roaster
Rogue Wave Coffee Roasters
Documented
04
The variety
Ethiopian Heirloom; constituent cultivars undisclosed
Named on the bag
05
The farm
Banko Taratu Washing Station
Documented
06
The farmer
Banko Taratu Smallholders
Documented
07
The region
Yirgacheffe
Documented
08
The country
🇪🇹Ethiopia
Documented

From the producer

The coffee is produced by a community of smallholder farmers in the Banko Taratu area, where coffee farming is a traditional, multi-generational, and communal effort.

From the roaster

Banko Taratu, where this coffee is grown and prepared, is located in the southern part of Ethiopia's Yirgacheffe Gedeb district.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A traceable archived 2026 Gedeb release supplied by more than 500 family-owned farms, with two documented fermentation stages, raised-bed drying and exact brewing guidance from Rogue Wave.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

First fermentation

Ripe cherry was pulped and the mucilage-coated coffee fermented for 48–72 hours.

Wash and second fermentation

After washing, the coffee entered a second fermentation tank for 12–24 hours.

Raised-bed drying

The washed parchment dried on raised beds for 12–15 days.

What was added?

No additive is disclosed.

What wasn't added?

No fruit, flavoring, inoculant or post-roast additive is disclosed.

Why it matters

The two fermentation stages are intended to build complexity while the washed finish preserves clarity.

What you might taste

Rogue Wave lists blackberry, iced tea, jasmine, grape and nectarine.

Sources for these process claims

· https://roguewavecoffee.ca/products/ethiopia-banko-taratu-site-washed

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

What the internet is saying

WE FOUND 1 RELEVANT PUBLIC SOURCES

AI-synthesized from publicly available information retrieved 2026-11-07. This is research, not our original tasting review.

What the sources say

One independent exact-release video taste-test was located, but no retrievable numeric score or stable sentiment summary was available.

Internet sentiment

A qualitative summary of public sources, including context. Not a coffee score.

Independent review located; sentiment unscored

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Banko Taratu

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WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLYDO TO THIS COFFEE?

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