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Ethiopia has nine major coffee producing areas. What is the distinction between Ethiopian coffee and coffee?

Published: 2026-04-09 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2026/04/09, Ethiopia has nine major coffee producing areas:, Sidamo, Yegashefi, Hara, Gemma, Lim, Iruba, Gimbi (Lekanti), Tibby, and Bebeca. Among the nine major coffee producing areas in Ethiopia, the most famous ones are Yegashafi, Sidamo and Harald. There are also small producing areas in the large producing areas, such as Cochi in the Yegashafi producing area.

Ethiopian Coffee Production Area

Ethiopia has nine major coffee producing areas: Sidama, Yegashefi, Hara, Gemma, Lim, Irubaba, Kimbi (Lekanti), Tiebi and Bebeka. Among the nine major coffee producing areas in Ethiopia, the most famous are Yegashfei, Sidama and Harar. There are also small producing areas in the large producing areas, such as Kocher and Aricha in Yegashfei producing areas, and then there are smaller village producing areas. Ethiopia's coffee plantations are not obvious, so they are generally divided into large producing areas, small producing areas, village producing areas and washing treatment plants.

Yejia Shefei: altitude 1800--2000 meters| Garden coffee system

Yegashefi belongs to the Sidamo region, and because of its unique flavor, rich and complex fruit, it became popular internationally almost overnight, causing Ethiopian coffee farmers to compete to be proud of their coffee with Yegashefi flavor. So it's been singled out. It is a wetland since ancient times, and the old saying "Yirga" means "settle down" and "Cheffe" means "wetland". In addition to the town of Yejia Shefei, it also includes three sub-producing areas around Wenago, Kochere, Gelena and Abaya. Therefore, Yirgacheffe A, Wenago A, Kochere A, Gelena/AbayaA will be more expensive than B in the new Yergacheffe grading system.

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