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Organic Ethiopia Yergacheffe Konga Co-operative

Lot #45

Fair-Trade Certified

This classic Yergacheffe is crisp, clean and smooth with flavours of strawberry, orange and cocoa. This particular lot has vibrant acidity, big body, honey sweetness, and a long lasting aftertaste.

Produced in the Gedeo sub-region of Yergacheffe at an altitude of 1900 meters, this wet-processed
coffee is a mixture of traditional Ethiopian varietals and is certified Organic and Fair-Trade.

$16/12oz

Farmers: 1683 small-holder farmers
Farm Size: Average size of 1.25 acres each
Region: Yergacheffe
Sub-Region: Gedeo
Altitude: 1900 meters
Process: Washed
Certification: Organic and Fair Trade

Yergacheffe coffees are a renowned wet-processed type with effervescent brightness in the cup. The Gedeo zone is where the Konga Co-operative and its 1683 small-holder farmers are located. Gedeo is a Zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia. This Zone is named for the Gedeo people, whose homelands lie in this zone.

The average size of a farm is 1.25 acres on which coffee is grown alongside garden crops for consumption by the family and for selling at local markets. The farms are above 6,000 feet in altitude, traditional cultivars of coffee and cared for with traditional organic methods.

This woreda (administrative ward of Ethiopia) covers part of the homeland of the Gedeo people. Coffee is an important cash crop; Esayas Kebede, head of coffee development at the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development reported over 60,000 hectares are planted with it, and are expected to produce 30,000 tonnes of coffee beans in the future seasons.

The Central Statistical Agency (CSA) reported that 63,562 tons of coffee were produced in Sidamo and Gedeo combined in the year ending in 2005, based on inspection records from the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea authority. This represents 63% of the SNNPR's output and 28% of Ethiopia's total output.

Ethiopia was the original source of the coffee bean, and coffee beans are the country's largest export commodity.