Composed of coffee grown by smallholder producers in the highland kebele of Bookkisa, just beyond the Sookoo site at Dambi Uddo, this selection showcases the clarity and florality that characterize the area’s unique terroir: red loam soils, high-elevation agroforestry, and heirloom cultivars tended with deep generational knowledge. We’ve sourced this lot in partnership with Osito Coffee for the past two harvests, drawn back each year by its precision and aromatic intensity. Our collaboration with Sookoo’s founder, Ture Waji, goes back even further. Ture and his brother, Assefa, formally launched Sookoo Coffee (Dambi Uddo Agro Industry) in late 2018. That same season, Osito delivered their very first registered export contract, an early milestone that marked the beginning of a relationship grounded in transparency, mutual investment, and shared sensory standards. In a region where natural processing has long dominated, this washed lot underscores Ture’s commitment to innovation through intentionality: exacting fermentation control, clean water use, and slow, shaded drying on raised beds. It’s a coffee that embodies both scientific rigor and community stewardship, qualities that have come to define the Sookoo name.