One of the most famous countries that grow coffee – if not the most famous one, Ethiopia is known as the origin of coffee. It is Africa's second most populous country and one of the biggest economies of East Africa. It has a rich and long history of coffee tradition, both in regards to production as well as consumption.
Ethiopian coffees have a special place in many specialty coffee enthusiast's heart. Though many coffee drinkers may have a specific coffee or region in mind when they think of Ethiopia, the country offers a wide range of different flavor profiles.
It is common for Ethiopian coffee producers to only tend to a very small amount of coffee plants. These smallholder farmers do not usually process their coffee themselves. Instead, the harvested cherries are brought and sold to a processing facility, such as a washing station. These are often run by the companies who export the coffee. However, in recent years it has become a little bit more common to find single-farm coffees from Ethiopia, too, such as our Buku Abel. As is common in many other growing countries, these coffees come from a single farm, which carries out the processing on site.
As Ethiopia is a land-locked country, the most common trade route of Ethiopian coffees is through the port of Djibouti.
