Ethiopia Sidama Light

Tasting Notes

Blueberry Pie | Rose | Black Currant

Roast Level

Light

Cupping Score

85

Country of Origin

Ethiopia

Region

Sidama (Shebedino District)

Producer

Telamo Coop

Elevation

1860 – 2130 meters

Varietal

Arabica – Landraces

Sidama Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (SCFCU) was founded in 2001 to represent coffee producing cooperatives located throughout the Sidama Zone of southern Ethiopia both locally and in international markets. Today, SCFCU has grown to represent 51 cooperatives and more than 76,000 small-scale farmer families — making SCFCU the second largest Coffee Farmer Cooperative Union in Ethiopia.

Coffees produced by SCFCU member cooperatives are shade grown in low densities under the canopies of indigenous trees and enset (false banana), a staple food crop for Sidama families. The Sidama region stretches across the rugged mountains of Bensa to the valleys of Dale and Aleta Wendo – which provide a range of quality profiles that exemplify this wealth of production landscapes...

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