ETHIOPIA - YIRGACHEFFE

Producer Info

Aramo is a district located near the center of the coveted Gedeo Zone—the narrow section of highland plateau dense with savvy farmers and fiercely competitive processors whose coffee is known the world over as “Yirgacheffe”, after the zone’s most famous district. The Gedeo Zone is named for the Gedeo people who are indigenous to this area.

As a coffee terroir, Gedeo, or “Yirgacheffe”, has for decades been considered a benchmark for beauty and complexity in arabica coffee. It’s known for being beguilingly ornate and jasmine-like when fully washed, and seductively punchy and sweet when sundried, and hardly requires an introduction.

Aramo is one of Gedeo’s largest districts.  Private processors here will often attempt to collaborate with select communities to keep the coffee traceable and the terroir focused. In this case, the washing station, managed by Dirshaye Ferenju, is called, simply, “Aramo” (and isn’t the only private named after the district). Dirshaye works directly with 750-800 farmers within the Aramo community, each farming 1-2 hectares apiece

Source: Royal Coffee