Chelichele
How we source our coffee
Direct relationships and importers we have worked with for years. We pay above the Fairtrade floor on every lot and publish what we paid in our impact report.
delivery & returns
Royal Mail - Tracked, Free on orders over £28. Something wrong with a bag? Tell us and we will replace it.
storage & freshness
Keep the bag sealed, out of the light, at room temperature. Not the fridge. Best within a month of the roast date for espresso, six weeks for filter.
About Chelichele
Chelichele is a small village in Gedeb, in the far south of Ethiopia's Gedeo Zone, one of the best-regarded coffee regions in the world. This microlot comes from producer Alemayehu Abera, who runs a 1.8 hectare station with a permanent team of two. At harvest, around 100 seasonal workers join them to pick and sort the cherries.
The coffee grows at over 2,150 metres in semi-forest, shaded by native false banana trees and with no chemical fertilisers. Only ripe red cherries are picked, then dried whole on raised beds for 15 to 17 days. That slow natural process gives the cup its sweetness: strawberry jam up front, delicate violet aromatics and a milk chocolate finish.
Fruity, vibrant and sweet, with a medium body that keeps it balanced.
Celebrating 10 Years of social impact through coffee.
We roast in London and run cafés across the city. The business and the Employment Programme are the same thing: every bag, wholesale account and flat white funds training and paid work for people who have experienced homelessness.
