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Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Ethiopia Abana Estate Sulladjah, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Ethiopia Abana Estate Sulladjah; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Ethiopia Abana Estate Sulladjah; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Ethiopia Abana Estate Sulladjah; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇪🇹Ethiopia · Limu

Ethiopia Abana Estate Sulladjah

Roasted by Intelligentsia CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsEthiopiaLimuHeirloomWashedBrightPeachArabicaSingle originAbana EstateOmran familyIntelligentsia CoffeeOwned by Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
🇪🇹EthiopiaWashedHeirloomBright roast
Brand
Intelligentsia Coffee
Who owns the brand
A large corporation — Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇪🇹Ethiopia
Region
Limu
Town
—
Farm / Station
Abana Estate
Farmer / Producer
Omran family
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Heirloom
Process
Roast
Bright
Tasting notes
Peach, Candied Yuzu, Hibiscus
Fermentation
Pulped coffee was fermented and washed at the on-site wet mill; duration and vessel are not disclosed.
Drying
Raised beds
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • altitude mThe live exact source supplies a 2,000–2,200 m range; the scalar field remains empty rather than inventing a midpoint.
  • harvestThe current exact release sources do not state a harvest date or period.
  • fermentation detailsThe live page confirms fermentation at the on-site wet mill but does not disclose duration, vessel, temperature or inoculation.
  • drying durationRaised-bed drying is verified, but the exact release sources do not disclose drying time.
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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
    Ethiopia Abana Estate Sulladjah
  2. 02
    The brand
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Heirloom
  5. 05
    The farm
    Abana Estate
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Omran family
  7. 07
    The region
    Limu
  8. 08
    The country
    🇪🇹Ethiopia
From the producer

The Omran family established Abana Estate in 2009 near Gera in western Oromia; the current release is overseen by the second generation.

From the roaster

Intelligentsia presents the current Sulladjah release as a bright, washed Ethiopian heirloom coffee from Abana Estate, with peach, candied yuzu and hibiscus.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

The live release supplies unusually complete provenance and processing detail while also exposing a version change from an earlier $30/340 g apricot–cherry–floral snapshot.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Reconciled the live release

Verified the current $25, 10 oz whole-bean offering, available status, bright roast label, peach/candied-yuzu/hibiscus notes, Limu/Gera location, 2,000–2,200 m range, washed processing and raised-bed drying.

02
Connected the existing region

Linked the coffee to the existing Limu region record and retained Gera as the subregion; no new related entity was created.

03
Separated versioned evidence

Recorded the earlier $30/340 g apricot/cherry/floral sold-out snapshot as prior evidence rather than merging its commerce or flavor fields into the live release.

04
Screened public sentiment

Found current exact-product catalogs but no qualifying independent numeric review of this Intelligentsia release.

What was added?

Current commerce data, Limu relationship, exact elevation range in editorial text, raised-bed drying, qualified wet-mill fermentation wording, current roast label and current roaster flavor notes.

What wasn't added?

No owner score, tasting verdict, review date, approval, inferred midpoint elevation, harvest date, fermentation duration, numeric public rating, or details from other roasters’ Sulladjah lots.

Why it matters

The shared product slug has carried materially different snapshots. Keeping the live release canonical while documenting the older version prevents contradictory prices, bag sizes and flavor notes from appearing as if they describe one immutable lot.

What you might taste

Intelligentsia currently lists peach, candied yuzu and hibiscus; these are roaster notes, not this publication’s tasting observations.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.intelligentsia.com/products/ethiopia-abana-estate-sulladjah
  • · https://order.toasttab.com/online/intelligentsia-coffee-monadnock/item-ethiopia-abana-estate-sulladjah-10oz-wholebean_b92dddb7-1ab9-4015-961e-9cb85a7d06a2
  • · https://www.worldcoffeeindex.com/coffee/intelligentsia-ethiopia-abana-estate-sulladjah/
  • · https://www.abanacoffee.com/the-farm/
  • · https://cherrybookcoffee.com/coffee/intelligentsia-ethiopia-abana-estate-sulladjah
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 2026-11-01) 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

World Coffee Index and the Intelligentsia Toast storefront corroborate the current exact product but do not publish independent consumer ratings. Cherrybook's sparse CBI is an evidence index and its Reddit signals concern Intelligentsia generally, not this coffee. A Reddit report for Heart's 2021 Sulladjah is a different roaster and release. No numeric public sentiment rating was created.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Abana Estate →Meet the farmer: Omran family →
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