Ethiopian Sidama Shantawene - Natural
Ethiopian Sidama Shantawene - Natural
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Shipping, Pickups & Returns
Shipping, Pickups & Returns
Coffee is shipped on Thursdays.
Shipping is $7 flate rate for the USA.
Free shipping on orders over $70.
Please allow 1-2 days for West Coast, 2-4 days for Midwest and 3-5 days for the East coast. USPS recommends allowing extra time for shipping during the holidays.
We have a pickup location in downtown Hillsboro at Willow & Ash.You can pick up your coffee on Fridays from 11am to 5pm. You can select this option at checkout. Orders placed by end of day Wednesday are delivered early Friday, for pickup on Friday or any day thereafter. We will email you when your order is ready for pickup.
We also have a pickup location in downtown Forest Grove at Guidetti's Marketplace. You can pick up your coffee on Fridays(or after Fridays) from 10am to 7pm. You can select this option at checkout. Orders placed by end of day Wednesday are delivered on Thursday, for pickup on Friday or any day thereafter. We will email you when your order is ready for pickup.
We do not stock grinders, we special order them. Please allow 1-3 days for processing. Our grinders ship UPS Ground, allow 1-5 busniess days for shipping. All Baratza grinders come with a 1 year limited warranty.
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We do not accept returns on our coffee beans. If your coffee was damaged during shipping or if you are unhappy with your coffee please contact us at vik@vikroasters.com so we can make it right.
Bright berries, softly floral.
Ideal for pour over, drip and French press.
Whole Bean
Roast level: Light
Region: Sidamo, Shantawene
Altitude: 1900m - 2300m
Process: Natural
Variety: Typica
Farm/Producer: Daye Bensa
The Bensa district is situated within the renowned coffee-producing region of Sidama in Ethiopia. This area is celebrated for its high-quality coffee beans, which are sought after by specialty coffee enthusiasts worldwide. Bensa is characterized by its ideal coffee- growing conditions, including high altitudes, fertile soil, and suitable climate, all of which contribute to the exceptional flavor profile of its coffee.
In 2006, brothers Asefa and Mulugeta Dukamo founded Daye Bensa, a coffee grower and exporter in Ethiopia. Daye Bensa exports coffee from its farm, in the Shantawene Village, as well as from “out-growers” (or smallholders) in three villages: Shantawene, Karamo and Bombe.
Ethiopia Shantawene is named after the village where the majority of the people who work on the farm, many of them women, are from.
Daye Bensa stretches between 1,900 and 2,217 meters. The delivered cherry from comes from out-growers’ farms higher up the mountain, between 2,000 and 2,400 meters.
Daye Bensa owns 15 washing stations across three districts, and they handle all the coffee they export. Its two farms, in Kaffa and Sidama, are Organic, UTZ, Rainforest Alliance and C.A.F.E. practices certified.
Going forward, Daye Benesa is hoping to work with more farmers, to particularly encourage women farmers and to work with Hawassa University, to help students perform research to improve coffee quality
Many indigenous coffee varieties still thrive on Ethiopia’s coffee farms. Coffee is typically intercropped with maize, barley, wheat, beans, and other crops that sustain the farmers' families.
