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Archive: Ethiopia Wanja Kersa Espresso — supplied coffee image 1
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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Archive: Ethiopia Wanja Kersa Espresso; not a documentary photograph

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🇪🇹Ethiopia

Archive: Ethiopia Wanja Kersa Espresso

Roasted by Verve Coffee RoastersRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsEthiopiaJimma Zone, Gera WoredaJARC 74112WashedMedium roastOrangeDark ChocolateArabicaSingle originAtoma Washing Station (Telila Site 2)Atoma Washing Station membersVerve Coffee RoastersIndependent
🇪🇹EthiopiaWashedJARC 74112Medium roast
Brand
Verve Coffee Roasters
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇪🇹Ethiopia
Region
Jimma Zone, Gera Woreda
Town
Wanja Kersa Kebele
Farm / Station
Atoma Washing Station (Telila Site 2)
Farmer / Producer
Atoma Washing Station members
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
JARC 74112
Process
Roast
Medium
Tasting notes
Candied orange, Nectarine, Dark chocolate
Fermentation
—
Drying
—
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • Individual producersThe exact release is credited to Wanja Kersa smallholders collectively; contributor names and count are not published.
  • Harvest dateVerve's archive does not publish the harvest date for this release.
  • FermentationThe release is labeled Washed, but fermentation duration and conditions are not published.
  • DryingVerve does not publish the drying surface or duration for this release.
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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 Wanja Kersa Espresso
  2. 02
    The brand
    Verve Coffee Roasters
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Verve Coffee Roasters
  4. 04
    The variety
    JARC 74112
  5. 05
    The farm
    Atoma Washing Station (Telila Site 2)
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Atoma Washing Station members
  7. 07
    The region
    Jimma Zone, Gera Woreda
  8. 08
    The country
    🇪🇹Ethiopia
From the producer

Smallholders in Wanja Kersa combine their harvests for processing at Atoma, the second station established by coffee producer and agronomist Mike Mamo after Telila. Verve's exact page renders his first name once as “Mika”; directly relevant sources use “Mike.” Individual contributors and their count are not published.

From the roaster

Verve describes an elegant but powerful espresso with candied orange, juicy nectarine, lingering body, and dark-chocolate depth.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

This community lot connects Wanja Kersa smallholders with Atoma, the second washing station established by Mike Mamo's team, and presents the widely planted JARC 74112 cultivar as a single-origin espresso.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Community lot assembly

Smallholder harvests from Wanja Kersa Kebele were combined into a community lot.

02
Atoma station processing

The coffee was processed at Atoma Washing Station, also called Telila Site 2.

03
Washed preparation

Verve identifies the lot as washed but does not publish the fermentation or drying timetable.

What was added?

No added flavoring or co-fermentation ingredient is disclosed.

What wasn't added?

No fruit additions, inoculated cultures, or post-roast flavoring are identified.

Why it matters

The washed preparation and dense high-elevation seed support a clean, bright espresso with both fruit clarity and chocolate body.

What you might taste

Candied orange, nectarine, and dark chocolate.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.vervecoffee.com/products/wanja-kersa-espresso
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

What the internet is saying
WE FOUND 1 RELEVANT PUBLIC SOURCES

AI-synthesized from publicly available information retrieved 2026-10-25. This is research, not our original tasting review.

What the sources say

1 verified independent exact-product source remain after the integrity sweep.

What people love

The commenter described the coffee as very good and wanted the release to return.

Flavors people keep mentioning
strong enthusiasmwanted the release to return
The sources
  • Reddit
    r/espresso — Wanja Kersa firsthand comment
    A commenter specifically identified Verve's Wanja Kersa Ethiopian single origin as very good and said they hoped the roaster would bring it back.
    Source
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