GOGOGU BEKAKA [washed] filter roast

Roasted 01 OCT 2024

About the farmer(s)

Gogogu Bekaka [washed] — Ethiopia

This coffee was grown in the village of Wote Gogogu by small-holder farmers,  Most have under a hectare of coffee planted   During harvest, coffee cherries are hand-picked & then  delivered to Gogogu Bekaka. This is a privately owned washing station, operated by a man named Kadir Jabril. This lot was washed, cherries were sorted to remove defects, washed, de-pulped, wet-fermented, washed & then dried on raised beds for 7-14 days.  

  • region Uraga Woreda
  • farm/farmer Small-holder Farmers
  • altitude 2000-2300m
  • crop 2024
  • cultivar Ethiopian Landrace
  • process Washed

This lot is Ethiopia Landrace. Ethiopia has thousands of indigenous coffee varieties. We've seen figures of between 6-10000. Some of these have names. There are cultivars, [Bourbon, 74110] & hybrid coffees [Ababuna] available. Ethiopian Landrace are coffees that have come from the coffee forests. They are domesticated, locally adapted traditional varieties.