Gedeb Gotiti - Ethiopia - Natural

PROCESS - NATURAL
VARIETY - HEIRLOOM
REGION - YIRGARCHEFFE
NOTES - PEAR, PAPAYA, CINNAMON

250g

PRODUCER:

IGEDEB GOTITI NATURAL ORGANIC COFFEE IS NAMED AFTER THE GOTITI VILLAGE, WHERE CHERRIES ARE HARVESTED.

GEDEB IS A DISTRICT IN ETHIOPIA'S GEDEO ZONE, BORDERED BY KOCHERE, YIRGACHEFFE, BULE WOREDAS, AND THE OROMIA REGION.

YIRGACHEFFE IS CONSIDERED THE BIRTHPLACE OF COFFEE, WITH COFFEE TREES NATURALLY INTERMINGLING HEIRLOOM VARIETIES IN COFFEE GARDENS AND FORESTS.

THIS AREA OFFERS IDEAL CONDITIONS FOR EXCEPTIONAL COFFEE PRODUCTION DUE TO ITS TOPOGRAPHY, ELEVATION, AND WATER SOURCES. LOCATED IN THE SOUTHERN NATIONS, YIRGACHEFFE IS HOME TO MULTI-GENERATIONAL SMALL-SCALE COFFEE FARMERS. MOST OF ITS COFFEE IS SOLD AS CHERRIES TO CENTRALIZED WASHING STATIONS, ALLOWING FOR DISTINCT FLAVOR PROFILES.

SMALLHOLDER PRODUCERS FROM GOTITI DELIVER THEIR CHERRIES TO METAD'S COLLECTION POINT IN GOTITI. METAD IS A FAMILY-RUN BUSINESS WITH A COFFEE HERITAGE SPANNING GENERATIONS, ESTABLISHED THIS PROGRAM TO SUPPORT LOCAL COFFEE-GROWING COMMUNITIES, NOW BOASTING OVER 6,500 MEMBERS IN HAMBELA AND GEDEB REGIONS.

THERE ARE 14 FARMER ASSOCIATIONS, EACH NAMED AFTER ITS KEBELE, WITH 7 IN EACH REGION. GROWERS IN THE PROGRAM RECEIVE COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING FROM METAD'S TEAM.

THIS GOTITI KEBELE COFFEE IS GROWN AT ELEVATIONS BETWEEN 1950–2000 METERS ABOVE SEA LEVEL AND IS PROCESSED USING THE NATURAL METHOD, WITH DRYING ON RAISED BEDS.