Producer and Region

This coffee comes from Gundira Shela, the farm of Ephrem Mulugeta in the Decha district of Kaffa, Ethiopia. It is special that the coffee comes from a single farm rather than a blend of many smallholders. The farm sits at around 1,850 metres above sea level, in one of the most historically important coffee regions in the world, often considered the birthplace of Arabica coffee.

Ephrem established the farm in 2001 and built it into a fully integrated operation, with its own drying stations, storage and direct export. Gundira Shela is surrounded by native forest and shade trees, so the coffee grows among native trees rather than on cleared land. That biodiversity, and the slow cherry development it brings, is what shapes the coffees of Kaffa.

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