ETHIOPIA YIRGACHEFFE 1 ORGANIC ZELELU ARARSO GRAINPRO

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About this coffee

Grower

Zelelu Ararso

Altitude

1700 – 2000 masl

Variety

Fully washed and dried on raised beds

Soil

Luvisols

Region

Mekonisa kebele, Wenago District, Gedeo Zone, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

Process

Indigenous heirloom cultivars

Harvest

October - December

Certification

Organic

Coffee Background

This coffee is produced by Zelelu Ararso and processed as a separate lot at the Addis Katema Cooperative where Zelelu Ararso is a member. The Addis Katema Cooperative is located in the district of Wenago in the Gedeo Zone within the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia. Zelelu Ararso is part of the single producer project developed jointly between the Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (YCFCU) and Royal Coffee. The project was initiated in 2012 with a handful of ‘Model’ producers from cooperatives organized under the YCFCU umbrella who have been willing to work with a rigorous set of processing standards, regular farm visits from the Royal team, and higher cup qualifications. In exchange, producers earn higher quality premiums based on the sale of their individual lots. The popularity of the single producer project has led to increased participation and an opportunity to showcase more coffee from the growing numbers of small and talented producers who continue to work in the cooperative system.