Espresso - Ayla Bombe, Ethiopia

Ayla Washing Station was founded in 2010. Located 2000 masl, this now serves about 375 smallholder farmers in the village of Bombe in Sidama, near the Bombe Mountain. The washing stations serve as many as several hundred to sometimes a thousand or more producers, who deliver cherry throughout the harvest season. 

Natural coffees are typically delivered the day they are harvested, and are first sorted for ripeness and quality before being rinsed clean of dirt. They are then spread on raised drying beds or tables, where they will be rotated constantly throughout the course of drying. Drying can take an average of 8–25 days, depending on the weather.