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Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Ethiopia Ayla Bombe SOE, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Ethiopia Ayla Bombe SOE; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Ethiopia Ayla Bombe SOE; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Ethiopia Ayla Bombe SOE; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇪🇹Ethiopia · Sidamo

Ethiopia Ayla Bombe SOE

Roasted by Intelligentsia CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsEthiopiaSidamoWashedLimeCherryArabicaSingle originIntelligentsia CoffeeOwned by Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)Variety undisclosed
🇪🇹EthiopiaWashed
Brand
Intelligentsia Coffee
Who owns the brand
A large corporation — Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇪🇹Ethiopia
Region
Sidamo
Town
Bombe
Farm / Station
—
Farmer / Producer
Ayla Washing Station smallholder farmers
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
—
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
Lime zest, Black cherry, Stone fruits
Fermentation
—
Drying
Raised bed
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • formal gradeThe exact listing does not publish a formal green-coffee or cupping grade.
  • varietyThe current exact release does not name cultivars; station-level varieties are not projected onto this lot.
  • individual growersThe release is credited to neighboring smallholders without individual names or a current fixed participant count.
  • fermentation protocolWashed processing is confirmed, but duration, vessel, soaking sequence and temperature are not disclosed.
  • conventional roast levelIntelligentsia’s proprietary Comforting scale is not mapped to a conventional light, medium or dark label.
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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 Ayla Bombe SOE
  2. 02
    The brand
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Not disclosed
  5. 05
    The farm
    Not disclosed
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Ayla Washing Station smallholder farmers
  7. 07
    The region
    Sidamo
  8. 08
    The country
    🇪🇹Ethiopia
From the producer

The lot combines coffee from smallholder farmers around the Ayla washing station. Intelligentsia says family-owned Testi Coffee established the station in 2010 and that neighboring farms grow coffee on small plots reaching up to 2,150 meters.

From the roaster

Intelligentsia presents Ayla Bombe as a sweet, complex single-origin espresso and publishes a target recipe of 18 g in, 47–50 g out, in 30–34 seconds.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

The current release provides unusually complete traceability for an espresso offering: Bombe in Sidama, 2,000 meters, washed processing, raised-bed drying and a November 2025–January 2026 harvest window.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Current release reverified

Confirmed availability, $24 price, 2025–26 harvest, 2,000 m listing and the exact espresso recipe.

02
Station relationship retained

Kept the existing Ayla washing-station and smallholder-group links supported by the current page.

03
Process documented

Preserved washed processing, Bonora River water and raised-bed drying without adding undisclosed protocol details.

04
Unsupported grade removed

Replaced “Specialty” with “Not specified” because no formal grade is published.

What was added?

Four sourced editorial sections and refreshed availability/research dates.

What wasn't added?

No formal grade, named cultivars, fixed farmer count, fermentation duration, conventional roast label or public score.

Why it matters

The station and process are unusually well disclosed, but the individual growers and cultivars are not. Keeping that boundary prevents false farm-level traceability.

What you might taste

Intelligentsia lists lime zest, black cherry and stone fruits.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.intelligentsia.com/products/ethiopia-ayla-bombe
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 2026-10-31) 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 farmer: Ayla Washing Station smallholder farmers →
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