We designed this roast to create a coffee that sparkles on your tongue. It’s juicy, acidic and something that makes you crave more.

Genji Challa is a sister washing station to the famous Nano Challa which was established in 2019 just a few miles away from the Nano Challa station which was established in 2004. This station was born out of a need for more space as the membership grew and volumes of cherry being delivered becoming too much for the capacity of the Nano Challa station alone. There are now over 600 members split between the two sites situated in the Ethiopian highlands in a natural forest, This success and growth originate from the fortunes Nano Challa being were boosted in 2010 when they were chosen to be part of the Technoserve Coffee Initiative alongside other remote farming communities in Jimma, which was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Technoserve provided technical assistance and training to producer groups and helps coordinate agronomists and business advisors to help improve coffee quality, assist in the management of debt, reinvestment and the fair distribution of funds to each coop member. The impact of the initiative was huge, as it helped coops like Nano Challa transition from natural processing to washed, via the building of washing stations. These allowed them to completely change the market and quality they had access too and the premiums of Grade 1 Ethiopian Specialty Coffees. Farmer members cultivate coffees at altitudes between 1850 and 2100 metres, and have around 3 hectares of land each, on average. As is the case across Ethiopia, most of the coffees grown locally are organic by default and consist mostly of old, naturally indigenous heirloom varieties, punctuated by smaller areas of an improved native varietal called 1274. Once producers deliver coffee to the washing station, cherries are floated before being depulped using a Penagos Eco Pulper. The coffee is then soaked in clean water in concrete tanks for 8 hours before drying; firstly skin-dried and sorted under the shade, before being sun-dried for approximately 10 days on raised African drying beds.

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Common is a roastery founded in 2018, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Our wee team are dedicated to roasting damn good coffee while making a positive impact. We have stripped away the jargon, added some colour and decided to do some good along the way. 

We stick to the fundamentals and offer four flavour led roast’s: Strong, Sweet, Bright, & Complex. Plus decaf, shhhhh. 

By leading with flavour profiles we wish to make good coffee simple & easy to understand. Find the flavour you like and leave the rest to us! We will source fresh coffee’s throughout the year that fit our flavour descriptors and then ensure they are roasted to the highest of standards showcasing each beans unique characteristics and resulting in a damn good cup of coffee.

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