Ethiopia · Oromia
Washed Ethiopian coffee from Oromia with a rounder, winier profile than Yirgacheffe — approachable and often better value.
Limu is a washed-coffee region in south-western Ethiopia’s Oromia zone, and it produces some of the country’s most consistently balanced lots.
Rounder and less overtly floral than Yirgacheffe. Wine-like acidity, spice, sometimes a lemon and honey character, with more body than the southern regions typically show.
It is the Ethiopian coffee to reach for if Yirgacheffe strikes you as too delicate or too tea-like.
Limu lacks the name recognition of Yirgacheffe and Guji, so equivalent quality often costs less. Roasters who buy carefully in Ethiopia frequently regard it as the country’s best value.
Predominantly washed, on a well-developed network of washing stations. That infrastructure is part of why quality is consistent here.
Filter, light to medium roast. More forgiving than a Yirgacheffe — its body carries an imperfect brew — and it works in a Switch or an AeroPress as well as a cone.
The equipment this actually requires — not a shopping list, the shortest route to doing it properly.
60° cone · spiral ribs · 1–4 cups
The most transparent cup you can brew for twenty euros, and the least forgiving. Ceramic holds heat where plastic does not — and the open bottom means your pour, not the dripper, decides the coffee.
Best for: Someone who wants to taste what a single-origin coffee is actually doing.
≈ $25 / £20 / 22 €
64 mm flat burr · filter only · single dose
64 mm flat burrs, near-zero retention and a footprint the size of a mug, built for filter and honest about not doing espresso. For pour-over it is the clearest grind you can buy at this price.
Best for: V60, Chemex, AeroPress and batch brewing, where clarity is the whole point.
≈ $345 / £275 / 300 €
0.9 L · ±1 °C hold · counterbalanced gooseneck
The best-pouring kettle sold, and the hold function matters more than the thermometer. Expensive for boiling water — but if you brew pour-over daily, it is the accessory that most improves the cup.
Best for: Daily pour-over, where flow rate is the variable you are trying to control.
≈ $195 / £165 / 180 €
