Organic Ethiopia Coffee Fair Trade
Located just 6 km south of the town of Dilla in Sidama Zone, Chichu washing station has produced some of Sidamo’s finest coffees for decades. Relatively small compared to other Sidamo wet mills, Chichu receives cherry from approximately 600 farmers each year, producing just over two full containers of coffee both washed and natural process. All though Chichu is located in Sidama Zone, many of the farmers delivering coffees to the washing station are located in the Southern Nation Nationalities and People’s Region (SNNPR) zone, very close to Yirgacheffe. For this reason, like many things in coffee, labeling coffee from Chichu as “Sidamo” or “Yirgacheffe” can be a little tricky.
Skin drying tables are used extensively post-washing to remove superficial moisture from the parchment and improve the uniformity of the drying. Workers sort the parchment coffee three different times during the drying process, once on the skin drying tables and twice while turning the coffee on the large beds.
Features
CERTIFICATIONS | Fair Trade - USDA
LOCATION | Ethiopia
REGION I Sidama Zone
VARIETAL I Ethiopian Heirloom
TASTING NOTES I Brown Sugar, Milk Chocolate & Raspberry
ALTITUDE | 1500 to 2000 meters
PROCESS | Natural, Raised Beds
HARVEST | December - March
LOT | 1211
