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Coffee Info | |
Flavor profile | Peach, Jasmine, White Tea, Sweet Lemon |
Origin | Ethiopia |
Region | Sidamo |
Producers | Tizita Bizuneh |
Farm | Bonde Kochere |
Altitude | 2100 masl |
Varietal | Heirloom |
Processing | Washed |
Roasting Profile | |
Espresso | perfect balanced for espresso and filter extractions |
Tizita Bizuneh is Israel Degfa’s wife, a very successful producer that we have worked with for a long time, owning many washing stations. Apart from the fact that Bonde Kochere is owned by her, the washing station is entirely run by woman managers. It is nearly impossible for Ethiopia to have the women in charge of the washing station and running the operations.
The washing station collects cherries from the small farmers in the area.
The fair payment system implemented by Israel in his other washing stations works here as well. The way the payment system in Ethiopia works is
that the government fixes the price every harvest. What Israel did was to implement a program with farmers that teach them to harvest better
quality coffees (the red cherries) for premium prices. He will always buy the coffee cherries no matter what for a premium compared to
governmental price- the better the quality, the bigger the premium. To control this project, he created a registration program for farmers: all of
them have the membership number and keep a record of improvements, again to assure an ongoing relationship. He also offers microfinance
for farmers wanting to improve the quality of coffees. Farmers are paid in cash on delivery of the coffee and the ones that keep improving quality
will receive an after payment, a few weeks later after the coffee is sold. Having this membership does not mean they have to exclusively sell to Israel,
or in the case of this Wet Mill to Tizita, it only means they can keep track of each other and, they can access facilities such as schools and
healthcare centers that they created.