Origin
About this lot
Shoondhisa — Ethiopia Origin This coffee comes from the Suke Washing Station, originally the central washing station of Sookoo Coffee, and still an integral one to this day. The washing station buys cherry from approximately 35 smallholder farmers, in the Shoondhisa sub-kebele (sub-ward) of the Suke Quto kebele (ward). Guji has gained significant attention as a coffee growing region in the last 10 years, as greater efforts in traceability have been made to distinguish between the various regions of Ethiopian coffee production. In Ethiopia, the average coffee farm is 2,5 hectares in size, with coffees trees interspersed with subsistence crops, in fully or semi-forested environments. Farming practises in Ethiopia are traditionally organic, since long before the western world brought about the idea of certification. Whilst the coffee trees get to enjoy a healthy, natural environment in whic