Coffee Producing Partners

Of the over 100 million people in Ethiopia, almost 15 million rely on coffee for income. Coffee accounts for 60% of foreign income, and is about 40% of total country exports. For the scope (Africa’s largest producing country) and importance of the industry, there’s a surprising amount of consolidation.

Things are constantly changing in Ethiopia but for the most part, buying happens in three ways, from an Exporter who buys off the ECX, from a Coop Union which markets coffees collected from member coops, or direct from a single producer or estate (as long as they have a farm over 2 hectares, they can export).

• Traceable to: Tero Farm, Shakiso Washing Station
• Varietals: 74112, 74110 and local varieties
• Harvest: October - December
• Altitude: 1800 - 2200 MAS

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Planadas is the largest town south of Tolima, but still isolated and lacking in infrastructure; a cause and result of the narcotics conflicts that have come to define this region.

But 35 farming families have banded together with developer/exporter/partner Cedro Alto to change that, to build on a culture of coffee growing curiosity, and to repurpose their incredibly rich ecological heritage.

• Traceable to: 35 smallholders
• Processing: 24 to 36 hour dry fermentation, light washing, and solar parabolic mesh-base drying
• Harvest: November - January, April - June 
• Altitude: 1650 MASL

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Out of the nine million people in PNG, around 2.5 million (30%) are involved in coffee. Exports of coffee account for about 6% (US$72 million) of the country's GDP, and it's the second leading agricultural product after palm oil. With numbers like that, most people expect coffee to be highly valued locally, but production levels tell a different story.

• Traceable to: various small holders, Lahamenegu Mill
• Processing: Washed
• Harvest: April - July
• Altitude: 1550 MASL

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