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Intelligentsia Coffee + Cereal Magazine

Intelligentsia — Yirgacheffe Direct Trade

Photo: Anthony Tahlier — Intelligentsia Coffee + Cereal Magazine, 2024

Represented by Touriffic.

Role
Specialist brief through Touriffic
Year
2024
Mode
commercial
Kind
editorial
Location
Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia + Chicago
Frames
06
Addis Ababa cupping table. Sourcing session.
Addis Ababa cupping table. Sourcing session.

Ten-day editorial feature for Cereal Vol. 26 following Intelligentsia’s direct-trade relationship with the Biftu Gudina Cooperative. Field work in Yirgacheffe on a Leica M10-R with a 35mm Summilux; roastery work back in Chicago on a Phase One IQ4. Natural light only in Ethiopia, single Profoto B10 for the roastery. Production by Grant Hodgeon.

Crew

Locations

  • Set Gedeb wet-mill
  • Set Koke washing station
  • Set Chicago Millennium Park roastery

Slate

  • Camera Mamiya 7 II
  • Format 6×7 film
  • Ratio 6:7
  • Grade Kodak Tmax 400 — darkroom silver gelatin

Selected Frames

06 FRAMES

Addis Ababa cupping table. Sourcing session.
Addis Ababa cupping table. Sourcing session.
01 Addis Ababa cupping table. Sourcing session.
Hands, green coffee. Post-wash, pre-dry.
Hands, green coffee. Post-wash, pre-dry.
02 Hands, green coffee. Post-wash, pre-dry.
Washing station. Channels, fresh fermentation.
Washing station. Channels, fresh fermentation.
03 Washing station. Channels, fresh fermentation.
Probat UG22, Chicago roastery. Drum, 12kg batch.
Probat UG22, Chicago roastery. Drum, 12kg batch.
04 Probat UG22, Chicago roastery. Drum, 12kg batch.
Cupping spoons, pre-pour. Morning QC.
Cupping spoons, pre-pour. Morning QC.
05 Cupping spoons, pre-pour. Morning QC.
Producer portrait. Biftu Gudina Cooperative.
Producer portrait. Biftu Gudina Cooperative.
06 Producer portrait. Biftu Gudina Cooperative.