Ethiopia
Yirgacheffe
Smallholder Contributors to the Worka Sakaro Washing Station
Smallholder Farms
Kurume, Dega, Wolisho
Natural
December - February
Jasmine, Floral, Citrus
1995 meters
N/A
60 kg
SOLD OUT
Gedeb Worka coffee comes from the Worka Sakaro washing station in the Gedeb district in the south of the Yirgacheffe coffee region. Gedeb is one of the districts, also called woredas, of the Gedeo zone, with the Kochere woreda to the west, Yirgacheffe woreda to the northwest, Bule woreda to the north, and the Oromia region to the south and east. The Worka Sakaro washing station is located in the village (kebele) of Worka Chelbiesa where the washing station has 2.9 hectares planted with coffee at 1995 meters in addition to 12 standardized washing tanks and 171 drying beds.
The average temperature in Gedeb is between 15.5°C and 17.8°C and annual rainfall averages 1404 ml per year. Birbira, Cordia Africana, and Enset trees serve as shade planted around coffee trees. The area has fertile soil that is red/brown in color.
This lot from Worka Sakaro is Slow Dry Natural processed. Ripe cherry deliveries from smallholder contributing producers are sorted by hand. The best cherries are taken to raised beds where they dry in the sun for an average of 21 days.
Coffee from Worka Sakaro Chelbiesa is milled and prepped for export at Tracon Trading’s facility in Addis Ababa. There, coffee passes through several stages of manual and mechanical sorting.
Gedeb is one of the four districts, also called woredas, of the Gedeo zone, with the Kochere woreda to the west, Yirgacheffe woreda to the northwest, Bule woreda to the north, and the Oromia region to the south and east. The nearby Yirgacheffe woreda gives this coffee region its name.
Literally translated as “Land of Many Springs,” Yirgacheffe has the ideal topography, elevation, and water sources to produce and process exceptional coffees. This region is located inside of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People’s Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia, which is home to 45 distinct people groups. Coffee farmers in Yirgacheffe are typically multi-generational small-scale landholders, sometimes farming only a few hectares. Most coffees in Yirgacheffe are sold as cherry to centralized washing stations that help further separate flavor profiles.
Yirgacheffe is considered by many to be the birthplace of coffee and the coffee trees grown in the region are a naturally occurring mix of heirloom varieties cultivated among other species in coffee gardens and coffee forests.
