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Ethiopia: Mr. Girum Girma - Grade 1 - Natural Guji
Ethiopia: Mr. Girum Girma - Grade 1 - Natural Guji
Farm:
Single Farmer Project - Mr. Girum Girma - Grade 1 - Arsosala
Natural Guji
Variety: Heirloom
Process: Natural
Elevation: 2000 MASL
Region: Sidama
Country: Ethiopia
The Cup:
Dried floral and cocoa are prominent alongside spices and fresh jasmine. The coffee features tart acidity balanced by mild sweetness, resulting in a pleasant and complex profile.
Mr. Girum Girma
Mr. Girum Girma owns 12 hectares of coffee land in the Oromia Regional State, Guji Zone, Urga District. His farm is located near the small town of Haro Wachu. Most of his income is derived from his coffee farm, although he also grows vegetables and Enset (false banana) in his backyard garden for daily consumption. A portion of his garden is used for farming, but the bulk of his produce comes from his coffee plantation.
Mr. Girum’s farm is one of the largest in the district by land size. He is the father of nine children, and his entire family works full-time on the farm. While he ensures that most of his children attend school, they assist on the farm after school, which typically consists of a half-day session.
Single Farmer Project
The Single Farmer Project is the result of an effort to support Ethiopian producers with a marketplace for farm-traceable coffees. Back in 2012, during a turbulent time in Ethiopia's coffee exporting history, Partner and CEO Jason Long worked with an established cooperative to export some of the first ever truly “Farm Traceable” lots from Ethiopia. This was the first time a roaster could highlight the individual farmer for their Ethiopian Coffee. It was the start of an incredible project and truly began the movement for traceability in Ethiopia as we see more often today. This project also gave us some very fun stories like literally bringing a backpack full of Ethiopian Birr to Yirgacheffe with COO Noah Namowicz to pay the premiums directly to these farmers who participated.
This project is made possible in conjunction with important export partners supporting and bringing to market individual farmer lots. Samples are sent out to potential buyers, price is negotiated on the farmers' behalf, and contracts are only accepted when the producer agrees on a sales price and their name is on the contract for each coffee they sell.
“Our goals with this project would be to help garner and develop long-term relationships between the producers we are already working with and coffee roasting companies that share in the values of transparency, traceability, and relationship that this program represents," says Claudia, green-coffee buyer for Cafe Imports.
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