Sidamo is a province of Ethiopia named after the Sidama peoples, a community of Indigenous Peoples in the region. Although no one truly knows exactly where arabica beans have their origin, Sidamo is one of the most probable regions, rivaling…
Harrar is one of the oldest known coffee beans that is still grown today. The beans are named for the city of Harar, its local urban centre. Harar is known in Arabic as the City of Saints, and is considered…
Yirgacheffe is a woreda (more or less the Ethiopian equivalent of a municipality in Canada) located within the Sidamo province, and is named for the town of Yirgacheffe which is the local coffee growing administrative centre. Yirgacheffe was the first region in…
Located just north of the Djimma region where we find Limu, within the state of Wellega, Lekempte (or Nek’empte) coffees differ from most other African coffees because it boasts a heavy body rather than the medium to light bodies typical…
Guji is a small, remote region located in the south of Ethiopia. It is a forested growing region, so the soil is very fertile. With lush hills and valleys, there is a wide variance in growing elevation and many microclimates…
Also refered to as Limmu, or Limu-Kosa, this region is located just west of Ethiopia’s capital, Addis-Ababa. The name is partially derived from the name Limu Ennarea, the former kingdom which occupied the territory before the Oromo people. These beans…
