Ethiopia
Sidamo
Smallholder producers; Bette Buna
Bette Buna Farm; Local Outgrower Farms
JARC Varieties, Enat Buna
Washed
November–December
Brown Sugar, Peach, Cherry
1950 meters
N/A
60 kg w/ GrainPro
UK - Bury St Edmunds - Vollers
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 coffee was grown by outgrower contributors living in the Taferi Kela woreda of Sidama. Cherries are delivered to Bette Buna’s Taferi Kela washing station where processing begins on the same day as harvesting the cherries.
This coffee underwent Washed processing. Freshly harvested coffee cherries are sorted via floatation prior to being pulped. The pulped coffee is then fermented for 48–72 in order to remove the mucilage left on the parchment coffee. After the mucilage is removed, the parchment coffee is soaked for 12 hours. The soaked parchment coffee is then spread onto raised drying beds where it is dried for approximately two weeks in order to reach its ideal humidity.
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.
