Ethiopia
Yirgacheffe
Shekel Taye
Shekel Taye
Kume, Diga, Wolisho
Washed
November-March
Citrus, Peach, Stonefruit, Tea-like, Vibrant
1701 meters
N/A
60 kg GrainPro
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Shekel Taye grows coffee on 0.14 hectares in the kebele, or town, of Chelelektu. Average annual temperatures range from 10-23⁰C and the farm has fertile soil with shade from Cordia africana, Acacia, and Ensete ventricosum trees.
In the past, Shekel Taye has sold his coffee to the Chelelektu washing station to be combined into larger community lots. We’re very happy this year however to be able to bring his coffee in as a single producer lot.
This lot of coffee was fermented for 36 hours and dried for 15 days on raised beds.
Read more about the Ethiopia single producer program.
Yirgacheffe is one of the coffee areas defined by the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange in recognition of the common quality and flavor attributes of coffee grown in the area around Yirgacheffe. This broad coffee area includes part of the Bornea Zone of the Oromia Region and the Gedeo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People’s Region (SNNPR). The Gedeo Zone of SNNPR has five woredas, or districts: Wonago, Bule, Kochere, Gedeb, and Yirgacheffe, the last giving this coffee region its name.
The Kochere woreda is located to the south of Yirgacheffe woreda, to the north of Gedeb woreda, to the east of Oromia Zone and has a total population of more than 130,000 people. The people of Kochere observe many religions, speak many languages, and belong to many ethnic groups, including the Gedo, Oromo, and Amhara. The climate in Kochere sees 1592ml annual rainfall with temperatures between 16.5 and 18.3° C.
