Metropolis recently offered Ethiopian coffee from the Guji zone of Oromia in the south of Ethiopia. This coffee is wet processed, not dry, and according to Metropolis' product sheet is grown at elevations of 1700-1850 meters.
Metropolis, like their other products, offered these beans in 12oz valved packages. The beans are typical in size for geographically similar beans, (smaller sized), and are more lightly roasted. Dark roasting beans like this would be blasphemous!!!
This coffee was absolutely fantastic and might be the best offering from Metropolis I have brewed to date. It retains some of the light flowery and citrus notes of Yirgacheffe sourced coffees but Guji is distinctively sweeter and has a bite of chocolatiness to it. I thought the flavors were much more interwoven and complex than the description on the package and I have no problem with that. It was a great surprise when the coffee was brewed. I primarily brewed in my Vesuviana for this. Perhaps this year I will splurge on a Chemex.
Guji goes in my top-5 coffees to date hands down. Metropolis is to be commended for this offering. For those of you in other parts of the United States where Metropolis cannot be purchased, I urge you to seek out your local artisan roasters about Guji Shakiso. Other small roasters do offer these beans and if you want a magical coffee experience, you had best try this before it's out of season.