Ethiopia
Sidamo
Smallholder producers; Bette Buna
Bette Buna Farm; Local Outgrower Farms
Enat Buna
Fully Washed
November - February
Brown Spice, Caramel, Milk Chocolate, Orange
1900 meters
N/A
60 kg
USA - New Jersey - CTI
Bette Buna is a vertically integrated coffee company founded in 2020 by husband and wife Dawit and Hester. Their coffee journey began following the passing of Dawit’s grandfather, who farmed coffee with his wife, Emame, in Taferi Kela, Sidama for nearly a century. Dawit and Hester took over operations at the family farm committed to the mission of creating equal opportunities for coffee communities through the production of outstanding coffee. Today, Bette Buna operates farms in the coffee growing regions of Guji, Yirgacheffe, Sidama, and Bench Maji, as well as sourcing coffee from allied farmers throughout these regions.
This lot was grown by community farmers in Taferi Kela and processed by Bette Buna at their washing station. It’s a classic washed Ethiopian coffee: depulped and fermented for 24–36 hours in water-filled concrete basins, then washed to remove defects. The coffee was dried on raised beds for 8–15 days before resting in the warehouse to stabilize and reach the ideal moisture. Once ready, the parchment was bagged and stored for at least 8 weeks to enhance cup complexity. After dry milling, hand-sorting, and defect removal, the coffee was transported to Bette Buna’s Gelan mill near Addis Ababa. There it underwent a final cleaning, grading by size and density, and color sorting before being bagged for export.
As the coffee industry continues to grow in Ethiopia, the country’s historic growing areas don’t always match up with the current-day maps defining Ethiopia’s geography. Our goal is to provide the clearest and most accurate information about the coffees that we offer, and we’re proud to provide the most specific location information we have for these coffees. Learn more about Ethiopia’s coffee growing regions on our blog.
Region: SNNPR
Zone: Sidamo
Woreda: Taferi Kela; D’ara Otilicho
Kebele: –
ECX Growing Area: Sidama
Sidamo (also transliterated as Sidama) is a region, a tribal group, and a massive coffee producing agricultural area that encompasses smaller growing regions such as Yirgacheffe and Guji. However, coffees that are labeled as “Sidamo” are typically sourced to the northwest of Yirgacheffe, and usually come from one of the large co-ops in the Sidama Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union. There are 51 co-ops in the Union, and many have created well deserved reputations for consistency over years of production. These large co-ops often represent thousands of farmers, and cup profiles from Sidamo can be widely varied.
