Every now and then the sequel is better than the original. Once again, we are honored to share the coffee stage with our mate, Propaganda. This intricately developed coffee manifests itself in different ways depending on extraction technique and lifecycle post-roast. Here in the lab, we noticed pervasive complex notes of stone fruit that start bright like apricot or cherry and then transform as it rests resembling peach and plum. “Culture is not something separate from us that happens to us. We make culture. We are culture. If this is the case, then let’s make culture as beautiful as we can. Because we are all we got.” -Prop This coffee comes from our dear friends at METAD in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Aman and Tariku, who are brothers, run what is widely considered the best Ethiopian coffee sourcing in the world. They also own and farm the famed Hambela estate coffee farm, from which we purchase many micro-lots. This lot from Gedeb in Yirgacheffe is from one of the washing stations they own, which has really developed over the years to become one of the highest quality cups in the country. We’ve purchased this exact lot for the last three years .