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Sidamo Region, Ethiopia<\/b><\/h3>\n

Ethiopia is a magical land of contrasts located in East Africa, north of the equator.<\/b>. This is the fifth country in the current ranking of world coffee production<\/b> and is the most important in the entire African continent. Approximately 85% of the farmers in this country are very small farmers with plantations of no more than 0.1 hectares.<\/b>.<\/p>\n

In the country we find 12 very different production zones, more than 130 micro-locations, as well as more than 2,000 autochthonous varieties that make Ethiopian coffee very diverse and complex. Ethiopian coffee is very diverse and complex. <\/b><\/p>\n

The Sidamo region rests in the Rift Valley in the southern part of the country<\/b> and in a zone of lush vegetation<\/b> because in the rainy season with abundant precipitation<\/b>. Height above sea level<\/b> in this demarcation is located between 1500 and 2300 meters. <\/b><\/p>\n

Shantawene Farm and Washing Stations<\/b><\/h3>\n

At November 2019<\/b>In the Sidamo region, we traveled to Daye, a small town in the district of Bensa, in the Sidamo region, in order to launch a new round of experiments carefully planned by our R&D department. <\/b>Our local partners: Daye Bensa Coffee<\/b><\/a>a company that grows, processes and exports coffee, with a young team of managers of production and washing stations in the field.<\/p>\n

Daye’s network consists of 16 washing stations<\/b> around Sidamo where they work with outside producers and a farm, called Shantawene. While we were strategically based in Daye for a week, our work together took place in 3 different villages: Shantawene, Karamo and Bombe, all located between 1900-2300 m altitude.<\/p>\n

During our visit, we made a change in production techniques, introducing anaerobic and combined fermentation and various drying techniques <\/b>that, together with the unique genetics and the particular ecosystem <\/b>of this region, gave us excellent results<\/b>.<\/p>\n

The result<\/b><\/h3>\n

For three a\u00f1os in a row Daye Bensa has been part of the TOP 10 of the Cup of Excellence in Ethiopia. In this month of July 2022 they have achieved an exceptional result – Second place among the best coffees of Ethiopia 2022 with a score of 90.25 SCA. We are proud that such a high score has been achieved thanks to anaerobic fermentation, only two batches from this process made it to the international round and one of them from
\nDaye Bensa
\n<\/a> Congratulations!
\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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