Batian is a cultivar first developed at Kenya’s Coffee Research Foundation – bred by back-crossing SL28 with Sudan Rume to improve yield and disease resistance while keeping a clean, sweet cup profile. Today it’s planted across East Africa, including Tanzania, where it thrives in high-altitude volcanic soils.
This lot begins with a controlled pre-fermentation that develops complexity before pulping. The coffee then undergoes a measured dry fermentation, where the development is closely monitored to maintain clarity and sweetness.
After washing, the coffee is dried slowly on raised beds. It starts in cooler, shaded conditions before gradually moving into more sun – a progression that protects the coffee’s structure while bringing out its inherent qualities.
Recommended brewing
Best
Pour Over (flat bottom) with
Orea V4 Narrow — 4 brewers in 1
Great
Pour over (conical)
Origami — S Brewer & Base
Very good
French Press
Weber Bird — French Press
Grind Settings
Kinu M47 Classic
Set dial to zero
Turn two and three-quarter turns
Grind slightly coarser for naturally-processed coffees
After bloom, pour to 100g. Pause until the waterline hits the coffee bed and then repeat three more times to 250g. Again, pour quickly, carefully and in a circular motion.
Tip: Swirl brewer a few times during bloom to encourage saturation of coffee bed.
Featuring multi-step methods to help you make your coffee taste better, this guide is the helping hand that will help you to efficiently unlock the full flavour potential of your beans.
Edelweiss is a third-generation family estate, now run by siblings Neel and Kavita Vohora. Perched at 1,600–1,850 metres on the edge of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area – a UNESCO World Heritage site - the farm borders the entirely indigenous Ngorongoro forest.
The Vohoras actively protect the surrounding ecosystem, preserving bushland corridors and maintaining native tree cover so the farm can sit in harmony with the wildlife and natural ecology around it. Extreme variations in topography, naturally rain-fed agriculture, and a patchwork of microclimates give Edelweiss coffees their remarkably complex flavour profiles – a result of Tanzania’s high-altitude volcanic terroir.
Shipping & Returns
Roastery Seasonal Closure
Wednesday 24th December — Roastery Closes
Friday 2nd January — Roastery re-opens and orders shipped
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