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Buku Sayisa

Heirloom Variety

Guji, Ethiopia

peach rings, white grape, honey

washed

Fresh off the grind we are finding intense floral and stone fruit aromatics. In the cup, a lovely peach note predominates from hot to cold and is joined by a creamy milk chocolate mid tone and lively white grape like acidity. Really beautiful coffee!

Archived: 12.22.25

Experience

Comfort

Adventure

Roast Level

Light

Medium

various small plot farmers

PRODUCER

Since 2024

RELATIONSHIP

2100-2300m

Elevation

In the local dialect, Buku Sayisa means "blessed valley" and no doubt, we are blessed to share this award winning coffee with you!

This is the second year we've purchased Buku from our friend, Yoni Girmai, and his importing business called Emba. Clearly Yoni has a knack for finding special coffees, as this year's lot of Buku Sayisa was the top scoring coffee in the African Fine Coffee Association's (AFCA) Taste of Harvest competition! 

We were fortunate to purchase a large quantity of Buku this year so as this becomes your favorite coffee, you can be super happy this lot will be around longer than most of our offerings.

Brew It

ORIGAMI AIR

RATIO 1:17

COFFEE 18g

H2O 305g

BREW TIME 2:45

TDS 1.32%

GRIND 1200µm

Espresso

COFFEE IN 18g

ESPRESSO OUT 36g

BREW TIME 25-27s

Transparency

1Spot purchase

“Spot” is coffee in an importer’s inventory they have not sold. When we need to fill gaps in our contractual and relationship purchases, we buy spot. Of course, we are always open to spot becoming relationship purchases, and sometimes they do.

2Contract purchase

Most of our purchases are contractual, meaning we have made a commitment to purchase the coffee before it arrives in the US. In general contracts are meant to build security for the producer and importer, and to help us make sure we have the coffee we need to share with you.

3Repeat purchase

We are proud of the fact that many of the coffees we purchase are repeat purchases, and have been for years. Most producers, especially from Central and South America, can count on us purchasing their coffee year after year.

4Visits

We’ve met, and have an ongoing relationship with the producer. At a minimum, they have visited us at Sweet Bloom, or we have visited them on the farm. As the relationship deepens, we build our understanding of:

1) challenges faced from one year to the next
2) sustainability practices on the farm
3) how the farmer is caring for their staff
4) ways in which we can support projects the farmers have implemented on the farm and in the community