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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Archive: Ethiopia Kayon Mountain; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Archive: Ethiopia Kayon Mountain; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Archive: Ethiopia Kayon Mountain; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇪🇹Ethiopia · Guji

Archive: Ethiopia Kayon Mountain

Roasted by Verve Coffee RoastersRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsEthiopiaGujiEthiopian Heirloom (broad roaster labelnot one verified cultivar)WashedLight roastApricotPeachArabicaSingle originKayon Mountain FarmIsmael Hassen and familyVerve Coffee RoastersIndependent
🇪🇹EthiopiaWashedLight roast
Brand
Verve Coffee Roasters
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇪🇹Ethiopia
Region
Guji
Town
Odo Shakiso
Farm / Station
Kayon Mountain Farm
Farmer / Producer
Ismael Hassen and family
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Ethiopian Heirloom (broad roaster label; not one verified cultivar)
Process
Roast
Light
Tasting notes
Apricot, Sweet Cream, White Peach
Fermentation
—
Drying
Raised beds for 2–3 weeks
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • process source contradictionThe introductory paragraph calls this offering natural, while the explicit process card and detailed preparation describe a washed lot. Washed is retained as the stronger structured evidence, but the contradiction is unresolved at source.
  • altitude mVerve publishes a 1,900–2,200 meter range; the single numeric field remains blank rather than inventing a midpoint.
  • exact variety“Ethiopian Heirloom” is an umbrella label rather than one verified cultivar identity, so no structured variety record is linked.
  • fermentation durationVerve confirms small-batch fermentation but does not publish the duration or vessel.
  • harvestThe exact archive page does not disclose a harvest month, crop year, or lot code.
  • relationship to canonical URLThe separate /products/kayon-mountain page has similar facts, but no release marker proves whether it is the same annual offering; the records were not merged.
  • public sentimentNo independent source with enough release-level identifiers qualified for sentiment or a public rating.
  • owner tastingNo owner purchase, brew, tasting, score, or approval is recorded.
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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
    Archive: Ethiopia Kayon Mountain
  2. 02
    The brand
    Verve Coffee Roasters
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Verve Coffee Roasters
  4. 04
    The variety
    Ethiopian Heirloom (broad roaster label; not one verified cultivar)
  5. 05
    The farm
    Kayon Mountain Farm
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Ismael Hassen and family
  7. 07
    The region
    Guji
  8. 08
    The country
    🇪🇹Ethiopia
From the producer

Ismael Hassen and his family founded Kayon Mountain Coffee Farm PLC in 2012. About 300 of the farm’s 500 hectares are cultivated, with the remainder protected as wild forest.

From the roaster

Verve presents this light-roast Kayon Mountain lot as a washed Ethiopian Heirloom with layered stone-fruit sweetness and a silky texture.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A high-elevation family-estate lot with protected forest, indigenous shade, detailed washed preparation, and two-to-three-week raised-bed drying.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Verified the exact archive release

Confirmed farm, producer family, region, broad variety descriptor, elevation range, cup notes, price, size, and availability.

02
Resolved an internal process contradiction

Used the explicit Washed process card and detailed depulping, washing, and raised-bed protocol; documented the conflicting introductory use of “natural.”

03
Connected only exact canonical records

Linked the existing Guji region, Kayon Mountain Farm, Ismael Hassen family, and Washed process records. Ethiopian Heirloom remains a broad text descriptor and is not assigned as an exact structured variety.

What was added?

Complete traceability links, exact elevation range, detailed washed protocol, raised-bed drying, current commerce data, and transparent contradiction handling.

What wasn't added?

No midpoint elevation, fermentation duration, harvest, independent sentiment score, or house score was inferred.

Why it matters

The page now captures the strongest structured process evidence without hiding the roaster page’s conflicting sentence.

What you might taste

Apricot, sweet cream, and white peach.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.vervecoffee.com/products/kayon-mountain-archive
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 2026-11-14) 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

Catalog and seller summaries matching the canonical Kayon Mountain page were excluded because the archive URL may represent a different annual release. No independent source supplied a crop year, lot code, package marker, or other identifier tying its tasting to this exact archive-URL release. No score was inferred.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Kayon Mountain Farm →Meet the farmer: Ismael Hassen and family →
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