Shoondhisa

Producer: Ture Waji

Location: Shakiso, Guji, Ethiopia

Farm: Small holder farms in Shoondhisa

Elevation: 2,000 - 2,200 masl

Variety: Gibirinna 74110 and Serto 74112

Process: Natural

This delicious, naturally processed Ethiopian coffee is processed by Ture Waji who started the Dambi Uddo drying station in 2017. He buys cherries from over 100 small-holder farmers and separate them by sub-kabele (neighborhood). Most farmers in this region grow coffee on small farms, only a few hectares of land, often in their gardens alongside personal crops for their families' consumption. As compared to coffee farms in Colombia where the land is more dense with coffee trees, growers in Ethiopia produce in a semi or fully forested area. There is a much lower yield per tree and many fewer trees planted. 

This coffee features Gibirinna 74110 and Serto 74112 varietals grown between 2,000-2,200 meters above sea level. After only the perfectly ripened cherries are sorted, this coffee from the sub-kabele of Shoondhisa, of the Suke Quto kabele, is fermented in cherry, then left on drying beds for 18-21 days. The beans are turned manually six times a day to maintain uniform drying and are monitored after the 15th day until they reach moisture levels between 9.5% and 10.5%. 

We taste delicate Peach Tea and Pomegranate with pleasant Jasmine qualities!