Producer
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.
Pathfinder challenges the traditional expectation of an espresso, with a bright and crisp acidity that will help you pave the way to more complex and fruit-forward coffees.
Brewing Pathfinder
We spent some time behind the counter with Origin Barista Trainer for London, Zaynub Murad, who shared her insights on Pathfinder with us, plus how she likes to brew.
Classic Espresso
What you’ll need:
- Espresso machine
- Tamper
- Grinder
- Scales
- Small Cup
- 17g Pathfinder beans
Method:
- Remove portafilter from the machine + clean with a towel. Flush.
- Grind the coffee finely + dose into the handle
- Distribute the coffee evenly + tamp
- Lock the portafilter into the machine and begin the extraction into your cup
- Extract 30g of espresso—aiming to achieve this in 29-31 seconds
Grapefruit Espresso Tonic
What you’ll need:
- 100g ice
- 100g tonic water
- 5ml ginger ale
- 80ml freshly squeezed grapefruit juice
- 20ml simple syrup
- 40ml pathfinder espresso, brewed using recipe above
Method:
- Pour the tonic water over ice to chill
- Add ginger ale, simple syrup + grapefruit juice, stir to combine
- Extract the shot of espresso and pour over the tonic mixture
- Garnish with grapefruit peel and serve
“The grapefruit in this recipe pairs perfectly with the acidity of Pathfinder and highlights that crispness. It’s balanced out by the slight bitterness of the tonic, which mirrors the dark chocolate finish of the Pathfinder espresso. A small amount of ginger ale gives the drink a warm, spiced tone, making it the perfect summer refresher.”
Where to drink Pathfinder
Punch & Fruity Mon-Fri: 08:00-16:00 Import Building, 2 Clove Cres, London E14 2BE
“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.”
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