East Africa
Ethiopian Oromo Guji
Country: Ethiopia
Region: Oromo
Altitude: 5080 – 7210 feet
Varietal: Heirloom Ethiopian Arabica
Process: Natural
Region: Oromo
Altitude: 5080 – 7210 feet
Varietal: Heirloom Ethiopian Arabica
Process: Natural
General Description: Our Oromo Guji coffee is grown and processed by 650 smallholders in the Gerbicho Rogicha area. In this area of central Oromia the people are known as the Guji, giving the coffee its name, and coffee farming has been a core part of the culture in these highland regions for hundreds of years. It is suggested that it was the Guji people who first began using coffee as source of food and nourishment in the beginning of the 5th century. Gerbicho Rogicha farmland covers some 750 hectares, and the coffee is grown at an average altitude of 5900 feet. Learn more…
Ethiopian Yirge Cheffe
Country: Ethiopia
Region: Gedeo, Sidamo
Altitude: 3280-4920 feet
Varietal: Heirloom Ethiopian Arabica
Process: Wet Processed
Region: Gedeo, Sidamo
Altitude: 3280-4920 feet
Varietal: Heirloom Ethiopian Arabica
Process: Wet Processed
General Description: Yirgacheffe coffee is wet processed, and is considered one of the premium, cleanest-cupping Ethiopian coffees. Beans are hand-picked to ensure full ripeness, a huge benefit when cherries are fermented and washed of their pulp. The smallholders belong to the Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union, established in 1999 to facilitate the direct export of coffee produced by small farmers. The Union also ensures that Fairtrade premiums are directed towards community development; since 1999 they have overseen the construction of 11 primary schools, 3 secondary schools, a library and kindergarten, as well as further medical, office and agroindustrial infrastructure. Learn more…
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Tanzania Mondul Estate
Country: Tanzania
Region: Arusha
Altitude: 5600 feet
Varietal: Bourbon and Kent
Process: Washed
Region: Arusha
Altitude: 5600 feet
Varietal: Bourbon and Kent
Process: Washed
General Description: Established by the Italian Count Vittorio Davico in 1931, the Mondul Coffee Estate continued to thrive under the direction of the Davico family for over seventy-five years. Coveted for its high elevation in the mountains above Monduli Town, in the greater Arusha region of northeastern Tanzania, the estate was recently purchased by the owner of Burka Estates, the largest coffee operation in Tanzania. The farm and mill are managed by Kenyan Hugh Johansen, who is making great strides to expand cultivation. Learn more…
