9.
Ghusun Ghaleb
Jury code : 1669
jury score :
88.98
Genetics :
Kent
Process :
Natural
lot size :
27.00LBS
traceability
VILLAGE :Bani Ofair
REGION : Maghrib Ans
GOVERNORATE : Dhamar
ALTITUDE :1800masl
FLAVOUR PROFILE
White Flowers, Mango, Dried apricot, Cherry Cola, Floral honey
Ghusun Ghaleb
At 45 years old, Ghusun Ghaleb Nasser Al-Ofairi is one of Bani Ofair’s most experienced farmers, cultivating coffee on the terraced slopes of Al-Manshiyah. Her household of ten works together throughout the year, but harvest is when family and neighbours gather to carry cherries from the mountains. Coffee provides nearly all of the household income, sustaining daily life and fuelling her ambition to expand planting.
Ghusun manages around 250 trees irrigated by rainfall and local spring water, fertilising with natural manure and relying on traditional pest control methods. As yields have grown, she has begun hiring additional workers to support the family during peak harvest.
Her connection to coffee is rooted in childhood, when she learned the craft from her father and later her husband. She still recalls older planting methods, soaking seeds in ash and straw before nurseries were available. For her, the most beautiful moment of the year is when the branches turn heavy with red cherries, “like jewels waiting to be picked.”
This lot is Kent, a variety with Yemeni genetic origins. Though first catalogued in India in the 1920s, research shows its lineage traces back to seeds taken centuries earlier from Yemen’s southern ports, linking it directly to Arabica’s journey from Yemen to the world. Cultivated at 1,800 metres above sea level and naturally processed, this coffee reflects Bani Ofair’s reputation with bright floral notes, layered stone fruit sweetness and a distinct cola-like lift, a clear expression of the highland environment and the care Ghusun continues to pass down to the next generation.
