Coffee still grows wild in Ethiopia’s mountain forests. Ethiopian farmers cultivate coffee in four different systems, which include forest coffee, semi-forest coffee, garden coffee and plantation coffee. About 98% of the coffee in Ethiopia is produced on small farms and it is the country’s most important export. Small producers of Gadeb deliver ripe cherries to Aricha mill where the cherries are sorted and dried on raised beds in thin layers. This process takes up to six weeks. Beans are then hulled and transported to Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia and main base for exporting coffee to different world’s destinations,
Cup Profile: Gentle notes of fruits and florals, soft acidity, light body