ETHIOPIA GUJI GR1 HAMBELLA

Kebede Reta is a coffee producer with a farm of approximately 13 hectares

located in the Buku kebele, within the Hambela Wamena district,

in the Guji area. His farm is considered relatively large

by Ethiopian standards and has its own fully functional wet

processing plant, which allows the separation of the

coffee cherries by density and harvest date, in order to improve the

quality of the final product.

The ripe cherries are hand-picked, pulped, and the beans

are left in washing tanks for 24-48 hours. Once rinsed,

they are spread out on raised beds and left to dry for 7 to 10 days.

They are then stored in a warehouse on the farm for

two and a half months before being transported to the dry mill for

hulling and preparation for export.