Origin 20 | Brewing Pathfinder

The ripe coffee cherries of Pathfinder are handpicked from the farm’s semi-forest plots before being placed onto raised drying beds. They are then dried 3–5 weeks, spending half of the time in full sun exposure, and half of the time shaded, to reach ideal humidity. The natural process brings out delicious notes of blackberry, nectarine and cocoa that we think tastes great as a smooth filter coffee or a brighter, crisp alternative to your classic espresso.

Today, Ethiopia is the fifth largest coffee producer in the world, renowned and revered for producing exceptionally high-quality crops. There are over 12 million people involved in the cultivation and harvesting of coffee here, and the crop, and cup, remain an integral part of Ethiopian culture. We’re proud to work with a forward-thinking producing partner here that shares our ‘people and planet first’ values.

Bette Buna is a vertically integrated coffee company founded in Ethiopia in 2020 by husband and wife Dawit and Hester. They pride their business on being fully traceable, sustainable and impactful, and use agroforestry methods, natural fertilisers and rewilding to enrich and strengthen the ecosystem, in an effort to secure and prolong the future of coffee farming.

Pathfinder is a single farm lot, sourced from Bette Buna’s farm in the Megadu woreda of Ethiopia’s Guji zone. The farm covers 220 hectares of land, divided into plots of semi-forest and wild forest, with coffee planted throughout. The farm is home to both full-time and seasonal employees, who are provided with weekly transportation, housing, meals, and satellite education for their children who travel with their parents to the farm during the busy season.

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“We love having Pathfinder as an adventurous alternative to our house espresso. With its sweetness and fruity character, it is a great coffee to offer our more experimental coffee drinkers, and a nice point of difference.”