An introduction to the characteristics of the pure Ethiopian Sidamasha Chiso coffee flavor manor.

Coffee is Ethiopia's main cash crop and the country's largest crop export and important industry, accounting for 60% of Ethiopia's total exports and supporting many small farms, as well as sugar, bananas, and cotton. it is also ethiopia's largest and most important commodity export crop after oil, and the largest african arabica seed export crop, with a total value of about us $300 million in 1997. in terms of total production, 94% is produced by small farms and 6% by government agencies, because many farms are scattered and also grow other crops, so it is difficult to accurately integrate the exact figures, but the country's official statistics show that the total coffee cultivation area is at least 400000 hectares. The Ethiopian government encourages local farmers to improve quality and productivity so that coffee farmers can expand their businesses, increase production capacity and export.

During harvest, farmers harvest bright red fruits every day, every two days into a unit of coffee fruit sent or sold to the washing plant treatment, not through the water treatment plant coffee fruit will usually be about 12 hours of natural fermentation, and then through the sun, so that drying and shelling, in any case, a little able farmers always try to send to the water treatment plant treatment, in order to crown "washing treatment" name and sell better prices, in the washing plant, Coffee cherries are soaked and fermented for about 12 hours to soften the pulp, then pass through the waterway and stir, so that the pulp and coffee beans are separated, the pulp is discharged with the gate, and the coffee beans need six days of sunshine drying treatment, but the treatment time is only from sunrise to 11:00 in the morning, and from 03:00 to sunset in the afternoon, the water content of the processed raw beans should be about 12%~12.5%; after selecting the residual beans or inferior beans, they are packed in sacks and sent to the coffee auction house in Addis Ababa, the capital by truck.

There are many water treatment plants along the main roads of coffee producing areas, especially in the Gima region. Many treatment plants are underutilized because of fierce competition, so the plant managers pay higher prices to farmers because of this, but they worry about whether they can make a profit. Today, a kilogram of raw beans usually sells for about 2 Birr(Ethiopian units); The daily capacity of each plant is approximately ten bags per day for two months of continuous work by plant employees without rest days throughout the harvest period.

there are also institutions such as research institutes in the jima area that teach farmers to introduce new techniques and apply green manure to reduce the cost of fertilizer that would otherwise be required, and improve the seeds of new varieties to make coffee trees more resistant. Improved yields can be as high as 1000 pounds per hectare, and the agency even guarantees yields of at least 700 pounds per hectare.

There are several coffee cooperatives in jima, where members share water and fertilizer, few are deprived of their salaries under their institutions, and health care is provided for each member.

State farms are approximately 21000 hectares. Five large farms are located in TEPI and BEBEKA, which are close to Jima but mostly belong to the lower areas. Each farm covers at least 1050 hectares. During the production period, the farm owners employ about 700 permanent workers and about 3000 temporary employees. The farms have their own washing plants, which can process about 6000 pounds of raw beans per hour. The better washed raw beans can be sold at 32Birr per kilogram. The farm warehouse can also store 300,000 pounds.