**NEW** ETHIOPIA Bensa Kokosa

The coffee comes from the Sidamo region. It is the story of family bonds and some peculiar land ownership laws in Ethiopia. Yannis, a Greek immigrating to Ethiopia during World War II, started the farm in 1972. When he suddenly passed away from a heart attack, his daughter, who had recently received an MBA in Europe and was preparing for a career in investment banking, had to decide to continue on her chosen career path or return home to keep her family’s land. Ethiopia forbids (at the time) intergenerational land ownership unless the land is in continual use. She returned home, and with the same intensity she threw herself into her studies, she dove deep into developing methods and processes in her quest to create a transcendent cup of coffee. We found notes of Meyer lemon, black tea and honey in this coffee.