Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Ethiopia Metad Chelchele Washed, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Ethiopia Metad Chelchele Washed; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇪🇹Ethiopia · Gedeb

Ethiopia Metad Chelchele Washed

Roasted by Intelligentsia CoffeeRoaster's website

TRADITIONAL PROCESS

TagsEthiopia Gedeb Washed Apricot Orange Arabica Single origin Chelchele washing station Intelligentsia Coffee Owned by Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)

🇪🇹EthiopiaWashed

Brand

Intelligentsia Coffee

Who owns the brand

A large corporation — Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)

Roaster website

Visit website

Country

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Region

Gedeb

Town

Chelchele

Farm / Station

Chelchele washing station

Farmer / Producer

METAD (Adinew family); contributing smallholders not named

Species

Arabica

Type

Single origin

Grade

Not specified

Variety

Ethiopian heirloom varieties; exact cultivars undisclosed

Process

Roast

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Tasting notes

Apricot, Blood orange, Red grape

Fermentation

—

Drying

—

Product page

Roaster's site

Date reviewed

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Why some details are blank

farm contributorsThe release is tied to Chelchele washing station and unnamed smallholders, not one verified farm.
producer contributorsThe Adinew family/METAD is identified, but individual contributing growers are not named.
variety idOnly Ethiopian heirloom varieties are stated; no exact cultivar identity or proportions are disclosed.
harvestNo crop year or harvest dates were verified for the archived release.
altitude mNo exact-release elevation was published; ranges from other Chelchele lots were not copied.
fermentationThe release is washed, but no exact fermentation duration or vessel was verified.
drying methodNo exact-release drying protocol was verified; other Chelchele lots were excluded.
roast levelNo conventional roast category was verified; catalog display labels were not treated as roast specifications.
gradeNo formal green-coffee grade was published for the exact release.
roast dateNo bag-specific roast date is available.

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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
Ethiopia Metad Chelchele Washed
Named on the bag
02
The brand
Intelligentsia Coffee
Documented
03
The roaster
Intelligentsia Coffee
Documented
04
The variety
Ethiopian heirloom varieties; exact cultivars undisclosed
Named on the bag
05
The farm
Chelchele washing station
Documented
06
The farmer
METAD (Adinew family); contributing smallholders not named
Named on the bag
07
The region
Gedeb
Documented
08
The country
🇪🇹Ethiopia
Documented

From the producer

The Adinew family’s METAD Agricultural Development PLC produced and exported this Chelchele station lot through its Gedeo/Gedeb network. METAD’s official material describes a private outgrower program serving thousands of smallholders; the exact contributors to this release are not named.

From the roaster

The exact Intelligentsia catalog lists apricot, blood orange and red grape for this washed Chelchele release. These replace peach, jasmine and Earl Grey notes that belong to other Chelchele offerings and were not verified for this product.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

An archived $25 / 340 g washed release from METAD’s Chelchele station network in Gedeb, Gedeo Zone. The reconciliation corrects cross-lot flavor-note contamination and links the exact existing Gedeb and METAD (Adinew family) records.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

Corrected exact-release cup notes

Replaced peach, jasmine and Earl Grey—found on other Chelchele offerings—with Intelligentsia’s exact catalog notes of apricot, blood orange and red grape.

Connected exact existing records

Linked the existing Gedeb region and METAD (Adinew family) producer records while retaining the Chelchele washing-station record.

Added the archived offer

Recorded the exact $25 / 340 g sold-out offer corroborated by two exact-product catalogs.

What was added?

Exact archived price, corrected cup notes, Gedeb relationship, Adinew-family producer attribution and refreshed evidence provenance.

What wasn't added?

No individual growers, exact cultivars, crop year, harvest dates, lot elevation, fermentation duration, drying protocol, formal grade, conventional roast category or roast date was verified.

Why it matters

Chelchele appears across multiple roasters and crop years; separating this exact Intelligentsia release prevents another coffee’s sensory or process data from becoming site fact.

What you might taste

Intelligentsia’s exact archived catalog lists apricot, blood orange and red grape. These are roaster notes, not an owner tasting.

Sources for these process claims

· https://intelligentsia.com/products/ethiopia-metad-chelchele-washed
· https://cherrybookcoffee.com/coffee/intelligentsia-ethiopia-metad-chelchele-washed
· https://www.metadplc.com/introduction-to-metad/

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 2026-10-28) 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

Cherrybook’s numerical value is explicitly an evidence-of-quality index, not a cup score; its Reddit and YouTube evidence concerns Intelligentsia generally rather than this release. Best Quality Coffee supplies catalog pricing but no exact-customer review aggregate. All are excluded from sentiment arithmetic.

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Ethiopia Metad Chelchele Washed

FROM THE BAGBACK TO THE LAND.

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLYDO TO THIS COFFEE?

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

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