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Sun Yega Alim

Treatment: insolation

Variety: Arabica original bean Heirloom

Altitude: 1800-1900 m

Manor: Alemu Tukule Alim small Farmer

Cooperative: Worka Coop Waka Co-operative

Flavors: orange fruit, citrus, fresh berry notes, blackcurrant, floral aromas, bright acidity like green apple, cocoa, smooth taste

Introduction of Qianjie Coffee Woka Cooperative

The Waka Cooperative, which is part of the YCFCU Cooperative Union (Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union), was founded in 2005 and is one of 22 junior cooperatives.

The Waka Cooperative is located in the Gedeb area of Gedeo, a remote area within Yega Snow, 75 kilometers away from the local coffee distribution town of Dilla, and the outer road is in poor condition, with 20 kilometers of dirt road from the cooperative to the main tarmac road.

The cooperative is composed of 305 farmers, with a planting area of about 763 hectares and an annual output of nearly 460 metric tons. The altitude is very high, about 1800-1900 meters.

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. Just as Cochell is famous for washing, Wauka is particularly outstanding for tanning, but both Wauka and Cochell have different treatments of raw beans.

In recent years, the sun method has become increasingly sophisticated, greatly improving the traditional extensive mode for hundreds of years, paying more attention to the care of the harvest and sun drying process of ripe cherries, so that the beans retain the sweet flesh and slightly attractive flavor of fermented wine, and make a flavor that is not found in water washing.

Alim, Gagiru and Beharto are all members of the Waka Cooperative.