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Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Ethiopia Natural Yirgacheffe, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Ethiopia Natural Yirgacheffe; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Ethiopia Natural Yirgacheffe; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Ethiopia Natural Yirgacheffe; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Ethiopia Natural Yirgacheffe

Roasted by Intelligentsia CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsEthiopiaYirgacheffeNaturalStrawberryBlueberryOrangeArabicaSingle originAlemu BerasoIntelligentsia CoffeeOwned by Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)Smallholder collective lotVariety undisclosed
🇪🇹EthiopiaNatural
Brand
Intelligentsia Coffee
Who owns the brand
A large corporation — Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇪🇹Ethiopia
Region
Yirgacheffe
Town
—
Farm / Station
—
Farmer / Producer
Alemu Beraso
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
—
Variety
—
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
strawberry, blueberry, orange
Fermentation
—
Drying
Dried in the fruit
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • farmThe exact sources identify grower Alemu Beraso but do not publish a formal farm name.
  • gradeNo formal green-coffee grade is published for the exact release; the placeholder was removed.
  • varietyThe exact official page and exact catalog do not disclose a cultivar or cultivar mix.
  • altitude mNo lot-specific elevation is published.
  • harvestNo harvest date or crop year is published.
  • fermentationThe coffee was dried in the fruit, but no intentional fermentation duration or vessel is disclosed.
  • drying detailsNatural processing and drying in the fruit are documented, but the drying surface and duration are not.
  • roast levelNo conventional light-to-dark roast level is disclosed by the roaster.
  • roast dateNo bag-specific roast date is available for the archived sold-out listing.
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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 Natural Yirgacheffe
  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
    Alemu Beraso
  7. 07
    The region
    Yirgacheffe
  8. 08
    The country
    🇪🇹Ethiopia
From the producer

Alemu Beraso is a small-scale coffee grower in Ethiopia whose harvest was kept separate during processing to maintain its distinct character.

From the roaster

Intelligentsia is a specialty coffee roaster founded in 1995 that emphasizes direct trade, seasonal sourcing, and a culinary approach to coffee.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

This lot is unique because it is sourced from a single small-scale grower, Alemu Beraso, rather than being bulked with other harvests at the washing station.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Reconciled structured commerce data

Added the exact official $25 price, exact-catalog 340 g package, USD currency and current sold-out status; removed the placeholder grade because no formal grade is published.

02
Verified producer and process

Retained Alemu Beraso as the exact named grower and retained natural processing because Intelligentsia says his separated lot was dried in the fruit.

03
Separated source-specific sensory language

Kept Intelligentsia’s pronounced berry description separate from its conflicting Chocolate + Molasses label and Cherrybook’s strawberry, blueberry and orange snapshot.

04
Preserved evidence limits

Left cultivar, elevation, harvest, fermentation details, drying surface and duration, conventional roast level and roast date blank.

What was added?

No added fruit, culture, or flavoring is disclosed.

What wasn't added?

No formal grade, cultivar, elevation, harvest date, fermentation protocol, detailed drying method, conventional roast level, owner score, or public-sentiment score was inferred.

Why it matters

The profile now aligns its structured price and grade with the exact listing while preserving the unusual single-grower separation story and making the product page’s conflicting flavor language visible.

What you might taste

Intelligentsia describes pronounced berry flavors. Cherrybook separately records strawberry, blueberry and orange as roaster-listed notes; the product page’s Chocolate + Molasses label is documented as a conflict rather than merged.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.intelligentsia.com/products/ethiopia-natural-yirgacheffe
  • · https://cherrybookcoffee.com/coffee/intelligentsia-ethiopia-natural-yirgacheffe
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 2026-10-30) 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 63 CBI is explicitly an evidence-of-quality index, not a cup score, and its Reddit material concerns Intelligentsia generally. No Coffee Review, exact YouTube review, shop rating, Cherrybook rating, or other qualifying exact-release independent tasting source is on file.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farmer: Alemu Beraso →
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