Ethiopia | Gerba Dogo | Kurume | Natural

Origin

• 🇪🇹 Ethiopia· Guji

Tasting notes

Character

• Funky
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Region: Bule Hora, Guji, Oromia Elevation: 2100-2200 masl About: Guji Gerba Dogo coffee is crafted by small family farms in Dogo , Western Guji , at altitudes of 2,100 to 2,200 meters . This region’s unique microclimate—warm days, cool nights, fertile soil, and ideal rainfall—produces exceptionally sweet, dense coffee cherries. Oboleyan Coffee Export, founded by the Edema family, operates the Dogo washing stationWashing stationA central mill where many smallholder farmers deliver cherry for processing. In Ethiopia, Kenya, and Rwanda the station name (e.g. Idido) often identifies the coffee., just 3 km from Gerba town. Here, cherries from around 500 local farms undergo meticulous n atural and f ully w ashed processing. Farmers hand-deliver ripe cherries, which are sun-driedNatural processThe whole cherry is dried with the fruit still on the seed. Gives heavier body and big fruit flavors — think berries and wine — sometimes with a fermenty edge. on elevated African beds and shaded during peak sun to ensure consistent drying over 12- 15 days . Once dried to an ideal moisture content of 11.5%, the beans are transported to Addis Ababa for milling and export. Every step, from cherry to export, reflects the Edema family’s generations-long dedication to producing the finest Guji coffee. Most producers in Ethiopia are smallholdersSmallholderA farmer growing coffee on a small family plot — often under two hectares. Most of the world's coffee is grown this way, typically pooled at cooperatives or washing stations. and cultivate coffee using traditional methods. As a result, most coffee is grown without chemical fertiliser or pesticides.