Our Story
From Swift Coffee:
“2nd place 2024 Cup of Excellence competition. Mate Mateyos is a coffee producer the founders of Swift Coffee Sourcing have partnered with in various ways since the 2016-2017 coffee harvest. He is part of a special group of Single Farmers who originally brought their cherries to a washing station we exclusively supported, while each year brought more and more isolation of the lots until, going on a decade later, we offer this microlot from Mate’s Keramo area farm.”
The first stage after harvesting our Red Honey coffee beginswith a swift hand-sorting to confirm that only uniformly ripe,evenly colored cherries move forward. These cherries are thenimmersed in small floatation tanks, where lower-density fruitrises to the surface and is removed for lower-grade lots orlocal consumption. The heavier, high-density cherries—anindicator of superior quality—sink and are selected for thenext stage. Another round of hand sorting follows to ensureeven ripeness before pulping.
For honey processing, the manual disc pulper is preciselycalibrated to provide steady, gentle pulping that minimizesdamage to both parchment and seed while preserving as muchmucilage as possible. It’s enormously labor intensive at Mate’sfarm, because all this is done by hand and withoutmechanization.
After pulping, the parchment destined for honey processingundergoes a brief fermentation phase. The sticky, mucilage-richcoffee is then transferred to shaded drying beds with strongairflow, where it dries slowly and evenly beneath a canopy.This shaded approach extends the drying period by about four tofive days compared to sun drying but allows for better controlof moisture distribution and a balanced water activity level.Consistent, carefully timed turning and covering of theparchment are vital to achieving the uniformity that definespremium honey coffees.”
200g
Sourced by Swift Coffee
Origin:
Sidama , Ethiopia
Producer: Mate Matiwos
Varieties: 74158
Process: Red Honey
Elevation: 2100 masl
Harvest: 2025
Recommended Brew:
Filter
Aroma:
Floral, Peach
Flavour:
Hibiscus, Peach, Watermelon, Honey
Order 3 or more bags of coffee and the whole order ships free. *Flat rate $10 shipping for orders under 3 coffees.
Same or next day shipping (excluding weekends / preorders / intl orders). This coffee may be rested 7-14 days before being shipped.
Once shipped, please allow for a transit time of 4-10 business days. Orders in the GTA deliver within 1-2 days.
*signature option is available as we are not responsible for lost or stolen packages
**USA: Please be aware that recent changes in cross-border trade regulations have resulted much higher scrutiny for shipments to the USA. We have resumed shipping with a new partner but please kindly allow additional processing and transit times. Pick ups will take place on Tuesday and Friday of each week and will have a transit time of 4-10 business days once picked up with our shipping partner.
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Flat rate per order:
China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau
UK, and select EU Countries
Australia
Other Countries: please inquire