Bekele Gemeda – Ethiopia

What’s relatively unique to this coffee from Ethiopia, is that it’s traceable down to farm level — something that’s hard to do in the manner coffee is typically traded in Ethiopia. Back in 2012, Cafe Imports CEO, Jason Long began the process of working directly with producers, in this case Bekele Gemeda. Stories of our friend Noah Namowicz backpacking wads of Ethiopian Birr to pay the premiums directly to participating producers have become fabled.

Like other coffees from Yirgacheffe, Bekele’s coffee shows delightful aromatics and stone fruit, and maybe thanks to the coffee hailing from a very particular place, those flavours and aromatics have snapped into greater focus. 

Responsibly sourced by the excellent team at Cafe Imports.