Ethiopia - Wush Wush Lot 2 (Red Honey)

Approximately 2500 small holder farmers from the surrounding area bring their cherries to Dinkalem Ademe’s washing station, where the sign above the gate says, “GENALEM GEWYERO”—GOD IS GOOD”—a motto he and his wife, Sofiya have taken for their lives. Together they area dynamic couple dedicated to helping their communities in every way. The outgrowers in the Ginbo district are small holders, aka “garden farmers,” so called because most of them are producing coffee in the “garden”areas around their homes, and often harvesting cherries from coffee occurring naturally on the land where they live.

Keffa coffee:

Every part of Ethiopia has its own mystique, and the Western region of Keffa is no exception. The roads that thread the map are sparse and constantly traveled, giving up the rich scent of the red soil they are built from under the tires of Land Rovers and donkey carts. Rolling away from the roads like theater curtains are the fertile patchwork hills that disappear into a soft misty sky. Puffy trees emerge against the skyline like cotton balls dyed the deepest spring green. The people of Keffa carry their pride in coffee close to the bone. We've all heard the stories: Kaldi, a bored goat herder c. 850, notices his goats have extra energy after eating the fruit of a nearby bush, tries some for himself, and thus the coffee ritual is born. Whether that's really how coffee was discovered or not, we do know the legend originates from Keffa, and the very name of our beloved beverage derives from the region in the southwestern highlands of Ethiopia