Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Hirut

Floral undertones with notes of blood orange, baking spices and a brown sugar sweetness.

Offering a coffee for the first time is exciting. But it’s even more so when coming from a trailblazer like Hirut Birhanu, a 20-plus-year coffee-industry legend who, with her sister, created a platform not only for the production of extraordinary coffee but also for the empowerment of women. The washing station from which we sourced this coffee was transformed by Hirut, from neglect in 2013 to a

now-thriving hub employing more than 400 workers—95% are women. And while the human story is inspiring, the coffee in the cup more than stands on its own, with bright acidity, floral notes and complex flavors.