Ethiopia Ardi Natural
Strawberry candy, Honey, Peach
WHY WE LOVE IT: You'll find a candy-like cup with rich red fruits in this stellar example of naturally-processed Ethiopian coffee.
REGION: Sidama
ALTITUDE: 1,950 m
PROCESSING: Natural
VARIETY: Ardi
For decades, naturally processed coffees from Ethiopia have been favorites among coffee fans and aficionados alike—and Ardi is a perfect reminder why. Fruity and sweet, it delivers a candy-like cup that shines across a range of brewing methods. Capture its richness with a French press, or explore its nuance with a V60. No matter how you brew it, you'll find plenty to love.
DISCOVER MORE
As the birthplace of coffee, Ethiopia produces some of the most interesting and diverse coffees in the world. Because coffee has grown wild in the country for centuries, its varieties have crossed and evolved hundreds of times. Usually labeled “heirloom,” most Ethiopian coffee was once grouped together as one very diverse category, but researchers are now undertaking the task of identifying and naming Ethiopia’s vast number of distinct coffee varieties.
One variety that has recently emerged from the heirloom moniker is Ardi. Named in honor of the origins of both humankind and coffee, Ardi has been the flagship coffee of our importing partners, Keffa Coffee, since 2009. Grown in Ethiopia’s famed Sidama region, Ardi checks all the boxes for incredible flavor. With clean complexity and rich, fruity sweetness, this naturally processed coffee is teeming with fresh strawberry candy notes, complemented by soft peaches, and finishes with a rounded honey base.
WE TASTE
Honey, Peach, and Strawberry candy
roast level
Light-medium
fresh roasted
Ships fresh roasted from our St. Louis roastery
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CUPS PER BAG SIZE
Freshness Tip: Choose the size that you'll drink within 3 to 4 weeks
12 OUNCE
~18 cups
2 POUND
~48 cups
5 POUND
~121 cups
FAQ
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When you place an order from us, our highest priority is sending you the freshest coffee possible. You deserve it, and frankly so do our world class coffee producers and their coffees.
Read our blog on the benefits of fresh roasted coffee to learn more.
- If you order on Monday - Thursday before 3:00pm CST, your order will ship out the next business day.
- If you order on Monday - Thursday after 3:00pm CST, your order will ship out the day following the next business day. (ex: orders placed at 4:00pm CST on a Monday will ship on Wednesday).
- If you order Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, at any time, your order will ship out on Monday, barring holidays.
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We offer three different grind sizes on the vast majority of our coffee offerings: drip, espresso, and French press.
- Use drip grind if you plan on making your coffee using a coffee machine, in a pour over brewer, or if you want to try a newer way to make your trusty French press.
- Use espresso grind if you have an espresso machine at home. This grind will be very fine and will over-extract (in other words, taste bitter and chalky) in other methods.
- Use French press grind if you are making a coffee in the more traditional French Press method, or making cold brew, or do very large batches in a Chemex (greater than 60 grams of coffee).
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Please visit our brewing page here. Coffee brewing is as much an art as it is a science, and it might take a few tries for you to find a sweet-spot that matches your taste preference. We recommend not getting too lost in the "right" way to brew, but instead focus on what you like and try to educate yourself on some best practices. And then just take it from there!
That said, we offer several how-to's for many popular brewers:
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Our blends run from medium-light to dark. You can get a full breakdown of the blends in our Blend Buying Guide.
Core Blends include:
700 is our medium-roast core espresso blend that also tastes great as drip.
Cafe Kaldi has been our house blend since 1994. It contains coffee from Ethiopia that gives it a touch of complexity.
Dancing Goats Blend is a little more developed and gives a bit bolder of a cup.
Highlander Grogg is a fan-favorite flavored coffee.