This is our second time working with Bekele, an award winning producer from the Bensa region of Ethiopia. This coffee is juicy, expressive, and a delight to share with you. In the cup we taste sweet tropical juice, delicate white florals, and juicy concord grape. This coffee is juicy with a sweet finish. Bekele Yutute is Ethiopia's 4th place Cup of Excellence Winner for 2024. Growing up around coffee producers in the Bensa region, Bekele learned how to grow high-quality JARC 74158, a common varietal for a lot of quality-focused farms. After deciding he wanted to handle the production and exportation of his high-quality lots himself, Bekele got his own exporting license in 2021. Bekele currently focuses on sundried and anaerobic lots, supported by his brother-in-law and his nephew, Stephen. This natural lot is processed as whole fruits, so none of the mucilage layers of the cherry are removed. The coffee is dried on raised covered beds for 18 days, shaded at peak sun to ensure proper processing. The Jimma Agricultural Research Centre (JARC), one of Ethiopia's federal agricultural research centers, approved the release of 74158 in 1979. The variety originally came out of the Metu Bishari Selections taken from mother plants from the Metu Woreda (district) of the Illuababor zone. 74158 was selected and propagated for its high yield potential and resistance to coffee berry disease.