Sidama, Ethiopia
Wiseberry
Slow-grown, slow-dried, slowly wise.
Wiseberry is a USDA-organic natural-process Sidama from southern Ethiopia — the original cradle of coffee. Sourced through the Sidama Coffee Farmers' Cooperative Union (SCFCU), some 86,000 smallholder families growing garden-style: coffee trees planted around the homestead, interspersed with food crops, shaded by native canopy. The cherries stay on the tree until they're ripe, then dry on raised beds with the fruit still on the seed — saturating the bean with that signature Sidama blueberry-and-cocoa intensity. Light-medium roast, creamy body, delicate acidity. There's no shortcut to wisdom in coffee.
¿Por Qué No?
Wiseberry
Slow-grown, slow-dried, slowly wise.
Sidama, Ethiopia
Whole bean · Roasted in Austin
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Delivers mid-June, 2026Roasted in Austin the week of your drop. More sizes & subs coming soon.
Where it grows
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The specs
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The producer
Sidama Coffee Farmers' Cooperative Union (SCFCU)
Sidama Zone
Wiseberry is sourced through the Sidama Coffee Farmers' Cooperative Union — founded in 2001, representing roughly 86,000 smallholder families across southern Ethiopia's Sidama Zone.
Region
Sidama Zone
Farm scale
~86,000 smallholder plots
Est.
2001
Country
Ethiopia
SCFCU practices 'garden-style' coffee: trees grow around homesteads at low density, interspersed with food crops, shaded by native canopy. Profits flow back into the community in the form of roads, bridges, electric supply, and school funding. USDA Organic, generationally tended, the kind of cooperative where 'farm gate' isn't a marketing phrase — it's where the coffee literally comes from.
Practices
From farm to your cup
The journey
Harvested
Hand-picked across smallholder gardens in Sidama, Ethiopia
Naturally processed
Whole cherry sun-dried on raised beds for up to 3 weeks
Sourced
Sourced through SCFCU, brought into Austin, TX
Roasted
Small-batch light-medium roast in Austin the week you order
Your Cup
Brewed fresh by you, days off the roaster
Harvested
Hand-picked across smallholder gardens in Sidama, Ethiopia
Naturally processed
Whole cherry sun-dried on raised beds for up to 3 weeks
Sourced
Sourced through SCFCU, brought into Austin, TX
Roasted
Small-batch light-medium roast in Austin the week you order
Your Cup
Brewed fresh by you, days off the roaster
How it's processed
Natural (dry process)
Pick
Hand-picked ripe
Skip wash
Fruit stays on
Dry
Whole cherry sun-dried
In your cup
What you taste
Hand-picked at peak ripeness across the Sidama Zone, then natural-processed: whole cherries laid out on raised beds and slow-dried in the sun for up to three weeks.
As the fruit dehydrates, sugars and berry character from the cherry concentrate INTO the seed — that's where Sidama's signature blueberry-jam intensity comes from. The bean is only hulled once drying is complete. No water shortcut, no fermentation tanks — just sun, time, and a cherry that knows what it's doing.
What you'll taste
Flavor profile
Blueberry
fruit
Cocoa
chocolate
Creamy
sweet
Delicate citrus
fruit
How this cup unfolds
What hits you first, what stays in the middle, and what lingers after the last sip. Hover or tap a tier.
How we brew it
Wiseberry · Tetsu Kasuya 4:6
Source: Tetsu Kasuya 4:6 Method
Coffee
20g
Water
300g
Temp
92–93°C / 198–199°F
Total time
3:30
Pour schedule
- 0s
Pour 1 (acid) · 60g
20% water — smaller = sweeter, bigger = brighter.
- 45s
Pour 2 (acid) · 120g
Up to 40%. Wait until ~0:45 to start.
- 1:30
Pour 3 (strength) · 180g
Up to 60%.
- 2:10
Pour 4 (strength) · 240g
Up to 80%.
- 2:50
Pour 5 (strength) · 300g
Up to 100%.
2016 World Brewers Cup winning recipe. First 40% controls acidity/sweetness; last 60% (split into 3 pours) controls strength. Fewer pours = stronger.
Price transparency
Where your $21 actually goes
$21
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Farmers
$8.82
42% of the bag
Import & Sourcing
$4.62
22% of the bag
Roasting
$3.78
18% of the bag
¿Por Qué No?
$3.78
18% of the bag
$8.82 of every bag goes straight to the farmer.
42% — well above commodity market rates. That's the whole point.
Not quite your cup?
Here's where the menu goes
Same lineup, different directions. Pick the one that matches what you actually want.
Want layered & balanced?
Two Peaks
Washed Araku × natural Sidama
blueberry · chocolate · creamy
Want the OG, single-origin?
Araku
Where it all started
chocolate · jaggery · grounded
Or see the whole lineup and pick blind.
$21
Whole bean