Description
ORIGIN INFORMATION
Grower
Worka Cooperative
Variety
Indigenous heirloom cultivars
Region
Gedeo Zone, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Regional State, Ethiopia
Harvest
October – December
Altitude
1750 – 2400 masl
Soil
Vertisol
Process
Full natural and dried on raised beds
BACKGROUND DETAILS
This coffee is sourced from family owned farms organized around the Worka Cooperative located in the Gedeo Zone, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Regional State, Ethiopia. The Worka Cooperative was established in 2005 and currently has approximately 305 members. In 2005, the cooperative joined the Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (YCFCU), an umbrella organization established 2002 to support a sustainable coffee supply from cooperatives in the Gedeo ethnic region of Ethiopia. There are twenty-six other cooperatives affiliated with the YCFCU totaling more than 45,000 members.
We love this coffee as a light roast because it showcases all of the bright, berry notes that are characteristic of a natural process Ethiopian bean.
David Weber (verified owner) –
I’ve tried all of Jay’s coffees except the dark roasts which to me lose flavor in the cooking. This light roast is my favorite and is very full flavored. I like to drink this while backpacking, made on the stove before the sun comes up and sipped while still in the sleeping bag.