Farm info

Abera Araso grows coffee on 0.15 hectares in the town of Biloya. Average annual temperatures on his property range from 10-23⁰C and the farm has fertile soil with shade from Cordia africana, Acacia, and Ensete ventricosum trees. This lot was dried for 15 days on raised beds and processed at the Biloya washing station.

The soil on Abera’s farm is fertile and red/brown in color. The trees for this lot were planted in 2007 with production beginning in 2016. This is the second harvest we have sourced single producer microlots from Abera.

Read more about this year’s harvest updates from Ethiopia.

Region

Yirgacheffe

Yirgacheffe is one of the coffee areas defined by the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange in recognition of the common quality and flavor attributes of coffee grown in the area around Yirgacheffe. This broad coffee area includes part of the Bornea Zone of the Oromia Region and the Gedeo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People’s Region (SNNPR). The Gedeo Zone of SNNPR has five woredas, or districts: Wonago, Bule, Kochere, Gedeb, and Yirgacheffe, the last giving this coffee region its name.

The Kochere woreda is located to the south of Yirgacheffe woreda, to the north of Gedeb woreda, to the east of Oromia Zone and has a total population of more than 130,000 people. The people of Kochere observe many religions, speak many languages, and belong to many ethnic groups, including the Gedo, Oromo, and Amhara. The climate in Kochere sees 1592ml annual rainfall with temperatures between 16.5 and 18.3° C.