Organic Washed Ethiopia Yirgacheffe GR2 Fair Trade

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.

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