Limu Coffee | Ethiopia | Red Cherry Project | Kebana Forest G3 Natural Beans

Limu Coffee | Ethiopia | Red Cherry Project | Kebana Forest G3 Natural Process Beans

Ethiopia is the country where coffee was first discovered, and it remains one of the most important and finest producers in terms of both quality and quantity. Most coffee is traditionally Arabica varieties, with an annual production of about 350,000 tons, over 70% of which is exported to countries worldwide. Approximately 15 million people nationwide are engaged in coffee-related industries, and over 90% of farms or cooperatives are small-scale plantations.

After 2008, Ethiopia's agricultural products, including wheat, corn, sesame, and coffee, were fully integrated into the ECX (Ethiopian Commodity Exchange) trading system to replace existing auction and export methods. The approach involves coffee farmers or cooperatives delivering their coffee to centralized ECX warehouses, where beans of the same grade and from the same producing region are mixed together before direct auction. You wouldn't know which specific farms or cooperatives or producing regions the coffee came from. This practice actually has no impact on production volume or quality, making it easier to distinguish good coffee from bad based on price ["you get what you pay for"]. What's affected is that intermediate traders cannot freely track and obtain satisfactory profits ["low price, high quality"], making it clearer and more transparent for consumers. Because trading outside the ECX system incurs heavy taxes, currently over 90% of transactions go through this system. However, for specialty coffee buyers, the ECX system is not a good thing. Therefore, starting from 2010, Ethiopia introduced the DST (Direct Specialty Trade) system. The DST system holds periodic Ethiopian auctions where only specialty coffees scoring above 80 points on SCAA cupping standards can be traded under their own farm or cooperative names with foreign green bean buyers.

Kebana Forest Natural Process Beans

This is coffee from the Red Cherry Project in Limu Kossa, located in the western highlands of Ethiopia. The farm covers an area of about 400 hectares and employs 300 to 500 local indigenous workers.

The Red Cherry Project is undoubtedly the most successful farmer protection initiative in Ethiopia. Farmers receive reasonable prices by producing good coffee, while Dutch coffee trader Trabocca invests profits in drying equipment, production tools, and other equipment. This is an excellent model of cooperation between sales and production, worthy of emulation by Taiwan's coffee enthusiasts.

Property Characteristics

Name: Kebena Forest

Region: Limu Kossa

Country: Ethiopia

Grade: G3

Altitude: 1,700-2,200 meters above sea level

Harvest Period: October to January of the following year

Certification: None. All coffee is toxic-free organically grown.

Soil Type: pH 5.2-6.2 red brown soil

Coffee Characteristics

Variety: Heirloom cultivars - traditional local Yirgacheffe native varieties

Processing System: Dry-Processed (Natural Process)

Appearance: Longberry shape, 16-18 screen

Roast Level for Cupping: Cinnamon roast (60 seconds after first crack begins)

Aroma/Flavor: Almond jam, licorice, black tea, guava, vanilla, brown sugar, honey

Acidity: Lemon, passion fruit, orange, tartaric acid

Complexity & Other: Wild grassland aroma, full sweet sensation, fermented wine-like mellow fragrance, aftertaste transforms from slight natural process astringency to sweetness

Overall Style Attributes: Jasmine floral notes, clean, silky smooth

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