LIGHT & JUICY

Jimma, Agaro / 1910 masl. / Heirloom / Washed / SCA  - 86.25p. 

The cooperative "Biftu Gudina" was established in 2012, and is located in the Agaro district within the Jimma zone, with about 150 smallholders contributing to this lot. The co-op benefits from high altitude and rich fertile soils.
Biftu Gudina has a strong leadership, and since it was established, it has become famous in specialty coffee circles thanks to its ability to produce incredibly complex and luscious coffee consistently. It now delivers prices that farmers often still find unbelievable - as much as four times higher than they were in the past.

The coffee at Biftu Gudina is processed using the washed method. At the washing station, cherries are sorted by hand to make sure that only the perfectly ripe cherries enter the hopper that feeds the eco-pulper for fermentation. Afterwards the beans are soaked in clean water in concrete tanks for 8 hours, and then sun dried for 10 to 14 days on raised beds, finally being carefully hand sorted again.