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Hamasho Borena, Ethiopia — supplied coffee image 1
Hamasho Borena, Ethiopia — supplied coffee image 2
Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Hamasho Borena, Ethiopia; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Hamasho Borena, Ethiopia; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇪🇹Ethiopia · Sidamo

Hamasho Borena, Ethiopia

Roasted by George Howell CoffeeRoaster's website
EXPERIMENTAL PROCESS
TagsEthiopiaSidamoEthiopian LandracesWashedLemonJasmineArabicaSingle originHamasho Washing StationGeorge Howell CoffeeIndependent
🇪🇹EthiopiaWashedEthiopian Landraces
Brand
George Howell Coffee
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇪🇹Ethiopia
Region
Sidamo
Town
Bensa
Farm / Station
Hamasho Washing Station
Farmer / Producer
161 smallholder farmers
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Ethiopian Landraces
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
Candied Lemon, Nectarine, Jasmine
Fermentation
72-hour anaerobic fermentation after depulping
Drying
Raised-bed drying for 10 to 13 days with continuous moisture checks
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • townSources identify the Bombe Chilaka, Hamasho, and Keramo communities in Bensa, but this blended smallholder lot is not assigned to one town.
  • roast levelGeorge Howell calls this a Limited Roast, not a conventional light-to-dark level; no conversion is assumed.
  • roast dateNo bag-specific roast date is published for this archived limited release.
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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
    Hamasho Borena, Ethiopia
  2. 02
    The brand
    George Howell Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    George Howell Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Ethiopian Landraces
  5. 05
    The farm
    Hamasho Washing Station
  6. 06
    The farmer
    161 smallholder farmers
  7. 07
    The region
    Sidamo
  8. 08
    The country
    🇪🇹Ethiopia
From the producer

This lot combines coffee from 161 smallholder farmers in Bombe Chilaka, Hamasho, and Keramo. They grow the coffee; Daye Bensa's Hamasho station receives and processes their cherry.

From the roaster

George Howell Coffee lists this as a limited January 2026 harvest, sold in an 8 oz bag for $40, with Drip as the published brew method.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

One of the site's clearest examples of separating farmer, station, exporter, and roaster roles. The exact lot documents farmer count, villages, elevation range, harvest, fermentation time, washing, drying duration, package size, price, and cup notes.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Selection

Ripe cherry was handpicked, floated, and sorted for density and defects.

02
Depulping and fermentation

Cherry was depulped and held in a sealed anaerobic environment for 72 hours.

03
Washing and drying

The coffee was washed, then dried on raised beds for 10 to 13 days with regular moisture checks.

What was added?

No yeast, fruit, spices, or flavoring additions are disclosed.

What wasn't added?

No post-roast flavoring or co-fermentation ingredient is documented.

Why it matters

The controlled oxygen-free stage is an added fermentation step within an otherwise washed workflow.

What you might taste

Candied lemon, syrupy nectarine, and jasmine, according to George Howell Coffee.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://georgehowellcoffee.com/products/gesha-village-estate-lot-e-22-ethiopia-copy
  • · https://www.thecoffeequest.com/hamasho-borena-ethiopia/
  • · https://www.dayebensacoffee.com/hamasho
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. No qualifying independent exact-release review remains.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Hamasho Washing Station →Meet the farmer: 161 smallholder farmers →
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