YEMEN - AL SUBAIH

We are immensely grateful for the opportunity, despite economic, political, ecological, and infrastructural hardship, for the opportunity to showcase, for the second year, the story and the journey—both in the cup and on the ground—of this veritably unique and unparallelled natural yemenia from the Al Subaih family of Sana’a, Yemen. This year, we notice an immediate dominance of dried, slightly powdery strawberry, reminiscent of a strawberry milkshake (without any lactic qualities); we also find a super refined, purple floral note of violet, and an undergirding note—typical of many of the best Yemeni coffees—of sweet, fresh fig. This offering is incredibly clean, despite being a natural from Yemen, and has a stable, mellow acidity to support the ample sweetness and body we find in its flavor profile.