Sun exposure to the characteristics of Yega Chuefeiwaka.

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The Worka Woka Cooperative, located in the Gedeb district of southern Ethiopia, joined the Yegashafi Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (YCFCU) in 2005 and currently has 305 small farmers, belonging to small and beautiful elite cooperatives in the alliance, producing coffee batches that have always had an amazing performance. Among them, many small farmers are very good, such as the Alim Alemu small farmer, who is well known in Taiwan. Coffee trees in this area grow at an altitude of 1650-2700 meters above sea level, which is quite high, with abundant rainfall and sunshine. The coffee produced in this area is of excellent quality and is widely loved, and is certified for fair trade and organic production.

Because no chemical fertilizers or pesticides are used in coffee cultivation, Waka farmers have also obtained the Skal organic coffee certification recognized by the European Union.

More than half of Ethiopian coffee cultivation belongs to the Garden Coffee type, courtyard coffee as its meaning, small coffee farmers in their own backyard small area of coffee, the average planting area of 0.5 to 1.5 hectares per household, coffee as the main cash crop, in addition to grow crops such as plantain as shade and food.

Each farmer is not only self-sufficient in grain, but also produces coffee beans in exchange for other daily necessities. This mode of production, coupled with the local unique native tree species coffee garden, makes the flavor of each batch of coffee beans different, with considerable uniqueness.

The cooperative, made up of 305 farmers with a planting area of 763 hectares, has obtained Fair Trade Organic Coffee (FTO) certification because it does not use any chemical fertilizers or pesticides in its coffee growing process. After the ripe cherries are picked, they are almost immediately put on the drying shed bed for sunlight, so that the sweetness of the flesh can be absorbed by beans. Sun treatment is especially suitable for areas where there is a lack of water, or in a very dry environment. In order to avoid excessive fermentation or even mildew, the fruit must be turned frequently on the drying bed to allow air circulation to dry evenly when the fruit is dried in the sun. Then sent to the dry processing plant (dry mill) to remove the dried pulp, the sun drying procedure is actually quite complicated, and it is easy to fail in the process, but good sun treatment can bring stronger sweetness, thicker taste and more detailed sour taste.

Woka Cooperative's Sun Yega Chuefei has always been a quality assurance, and it is also the star product of Counter Culture and Klatch Coffee, the third wave of boutique coffee makers in the United States. Coffee Review, a well-known boutique coffee review website, has repeatedly given high scores of 91 to 94.

Klatch Coffee, a well-known American company, won the Best Food Award (Good Food Award) in the food industry for this bean, and won the title of Best Coffee Shop of 2012 (2012 Best Coffeehouse) at the end of the year.