Ethiopia
West Guji
Smallholder Contributors
Smallholder Farms
Landrace and Locally Selected Varieties
5 Day Anaerobic Natural
October - December
Brown Spice, Cinnamon, Lychee, Tropical Fruit
1950 meters
N/A
60 kg w/ GrainPro
UAE - Dubai - DMCC
This lot of coffee comes from Tracon Trading’s washing station located in the Gerba kebele inside of the Bulehora district of Ethiopia. It was established in 2019. The total area spans 1.5 hectares with 200 raised drying beds with an annual processing capacity of 4 containers. Nearly 600 smallholder producers contribute red cherry to this facility, from nearby kebeles including Kercha, Birbirsa Kojowa, and Gerba.
Region: Oromia
Zone: West Guji
Woreda: Bulehora
Kebele: Gerba
This coffee underwent Anaerobic Fermentation where hand-picked cherries were first meticulously sorted to remove any unripe or damaged ones, enhancing the final cup’s quality and sweetness. These cherries were then packed into vacuumed sealed bags that include a one-way valve to release oxygen, to create a limited oxygen environment and allow a longer fermentation to occur. They remained in the bags for 4 days at a temperature of 23-24°C until the pH became 3. After these 4 days, the cherries were then placed on raised beds under shade for 2 days and in full sun for 2-3 weeks until they reached ideal moisture levels.
Coffee is prepared for export at Tracon Trading’s coffee cleaning and storage plant on 30,000 sq meters of land in Addis Ababa. The plant is equipped with modern Pinhalense coffee processing machines and a Buhler Z+ color sorter. The machine has the capacity of processing six tons per hour. Beans pass through a final hand sort on conveyor belts. The plant’s six storage silos have a capacity of roughly 15,000 metric tons. The warehouses are clean, with ample lighting and ventilation, which are ideal for maintaining the quality of the coffee.
West Guji is a zone in the Oromia Region of southern Ethiopia. Most residents of this region are Oromo and speak the Oromo language, which is entirely different from Ethiopia’s main language of Amharic. Like many of the country’s coffee growing regions, the culture of the West Guji Zone varies from woreda to woreda and speaks to the diversity of people who cultivate coffee.
It’s bordered by the Borena zone to the south, the South Ethiopia Regional State to the west, the Gedeo Zone of South Ethiopia and Sidama Region to the north, and the Guji Zone to the east.