Ethiopia

Ethiopia is often referred to as the birth-place of coffee, though not strictly accurate, there is a fascination with Ethiopian coffee that stems from the astonishing coffee produced there; the range of floral and fruity coffees and the diversity of flavour that coffee can have. The coffees produced in this region can be divided into three main categories.

Forest Coffee

Their origin is the wild coffee trees which grow mainly in the South-West and are broad mixture of different varieties. Productivity and yield for these coffees is low.

Garden Coffee

Coffee from trees planted around a homestead. Man-agement of shade trees is re-quired, The bulk of Ethiopia’s is from this type of coffee.

Plantation Coffee

These coffees come from trees grown on large farms. More regular agricultural practic-es are used, such as pruning, mulching and the selection of disease-resistant varieties.