September Coffee | Mullugeta Muntasha - Ethiopia

September Coffee Co is the lovechild of one of favourite coffee Youtubers Kyle Roswell. Kyle with his wife Natasha embody what we love about this industry. A transparent coffee company dedicated to bringing innovative and modern coffee flavours to the world. With an enduring work ethos, Kyle and Natasha run one of the most exciting roasters in Canada. Happy to be the first to carry September Coffee Co in Toronto. 

In their words:

We exist to highlight.

"We are a micro roastery in Canada's capital, Ottawa. We believe coffee is more than a caffeine fix: it's highlighting farmers, producers, processing methods, terroir, and variety that all work together to produce a quality result. our goal is to share coffees we love while highlighting this foundation"

Our approach.

"Our core mission at September is to share coffee we love. We are careful to source coffees that are not only delicious but source them direct or from importers that we believe live within the ethics of our values.

For our shower series we roast to highlight the work of producers while aiming for just enough development to allow a coffee to shine. This is how the larger majority of our menu is designed.

We also realize that not everyone is a fan of this style of coffee and we're not here to judge. In fact we believe many coffees benefit from a different roasting profile. We have our storm series for those who prefer coffees with added development for increased texture, colour and solubility while still highlighting a modern and delicate approach to coffee with great balance".†

We aim to offer all our coffees as soon as they arrive ensuring you receive them as close to their roast date as possible. However, September coffees shine 10 - 14 days after roast and keep up to 2 months. Best enjoyed slowly and thoughtfully.

Unreal coffee!

Mullugeta Muntasha

In 2021 Mullugeta returned to Bursa and began processing coffee at his own drying station, called Dawencho, where he won 2nd place in the Cup of Excellence for the Dawencho farmer group coffee and 6th place under his own name, Mullugeta Muntasha. In 2022, four of the top 10 CoE winners were Mullugeta’s lots, including that of Legesse Botola—the top winner and Mullugeta’s brother-in law—who processed coffee at Mullugeta’s washing station located next to his farm.

At the company’s washing stations, cherries are pulped and undergo a submerged fermentation lasting 48–72 hours depending on temperature. After washing, the parchment rests in water for another 12 hours before being dried on raised beds for 10–12 days. This careful and consistent method underpins the quality across all of Habtamu’s lots.

The Jimma Agricultural Research Centre (JARC), one of Ethiopia’s federal agricultural research centres, approved the release of 74158 in 1979. The variety originally came out of the Metu Bishari Selections taken from mother plants from the Metu woreda (district) of the Illuababora zone. 74158 was selected and propagated for its high yield potential and resistance to coffee berry disease.

We taste jammy yellow plums, sweet red berries reminiscent of strawberries, and juicy citrus like tangerines. This coffee has a light body and a jammy, fruit-forward finish.