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🇪🇹Ethiopia

Mulugeta Anaerobic

Roasted by Coffee CollectiveRoaster's website

EXPERIMENTAL PROCESS

TagsEthiopia Sidama JARC 74158 Natural Light roast Strawberry Arabica Single origin Mulugeta Muntasha Coffee Collective Independent

🇪🇹EthiopiaNaturalJARC 74158Light roast

Brand

Coffee Collective

Roaster website

Visit website

Country

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Region

Sidama

Town

Arbegona

Farm / Station

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Farmer / Producer

Mulugeta Muntasha

Species

Arabica

Type

Single origin

Grade

Not specified

Variety

JARC 74158

Process

Roast

Light

Tasting notes

Strawberry candy, Green apple, Honeydew melon

Fermentation

Sealed, oxygen-restricted fermentation before whole-cherry drying; duration not published.

Drying

Whole cherries dried after anaerobic fermentation; exact drying surface and duration not published.

Product page

Roaster's site

Date reviewed

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Why some details are blank

farm idExact-release sources identify Mulugeta Muntasha with 320 outgrowers but do not establish one named farm or station for this lot.
altitude mThe exact release is documented as a 2,100–2,300 m range; no single point elevation is justified.
fermentation durationExact-release sources describe sealed anaerobic fermentation but publish no duration.
drying detailWhole-cherry drying is documented, but the surface and duration are not.
gradeNo standardized green-coffee grade is published for this exact release.
harvestNo exact harvest date or crop-year statement was verified.

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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
Mulugeta Anaerobic
Named on the bag
02
The brand
Coffee Collective
Documented
03
The roaster
Coffee Collective
Documented
04
The variety
JARC 74158
Documented
05
The farm
Not disclosed
Not disclosed
06
The farmer
Mulugeta Muntasha
Documented
07
The region
Sidama
Named on the bag
08
The country
🇪🇹Ethiopia
Documented

From the producer

Mulugeta Muntasha works with 320 outgrowers in Arbegona, Sidama, using lot separation to support quality differentiation and better payments. Exact-release material identifies Muntasha—not a separate 'Degefu Mulugeta' drying-station manager—as the producer associated with this coffee.

From the roaster

Intense and aromatic cup with notes of strawberry candy, green apples, and honeydew melon.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

Same producer, opposite approach: where the washed Mulugeta is delicate, the anaerobic natural turns up the fruit - strawberry candy, green apple and honeydew melon. It is a useful side-by-side in any coffee education: identical origin, with fermentation doing the storytelling.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

Anaerobic fermentation

The exact release is labeled anaerobic natural; intact cherries fermented in a sealed, oxygen-restricted environment. No duration is published.

Natural drying

After fermentation, the cherries were dried whole. The exact drying surface and duration are not disclosed for this release.

What was added?

No additive is documented.

What wasn't added?

No fruit, spice, flavoring or post-roast additive is documented.

Why it matters

The oxygen-restricted fermentation and whole-cherry drying are the defining process choices; they do not by themselves imply co-fermentation or added ingredients.

What you might taste

Coffee Collective lists strawberry candy, green apple and honeydew melon.

Sources for these process claims

· https://sigmacoffee.co.uk/products/coffee-collective-mulugeta-anaerobic-natural-74158-ethiopia
· https://www.kofio.co/coffee/ethiopia-mulugeta-anaerobic-coffee-collective/22153

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 2026-10-21) 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

Exact-name searches were checked again on 2026-10-21. Roaster and retailer sensory scales are seller merchandising, not independent public ratings, and were excluded.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farmer: Mulugeta Muntasha →

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WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLYDO TO THIS COFFEE?

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

What the internet is saying about this coffee

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