Ethiopia Sidama Bekele Karacha Coffee

Ethiopia Sidama Natural Process Coffee

This coffee has tasting notes of blueberry, tropical fruit, and jasmine.

Bekele Kachara Farm

 Bekele Mekonnen is a quality-focused producer whose farm in Murago at 2350 meters produced the 15th place Cup of Excellence coffee in 2022. The father of 11 children from one wife, Bekele brought in his Belaye, his eldest son at 24 and fourth child, to manage his drying station in Murago where he produces natural and anaerobic natural coffee.

Bekele places great importance on observing the growth of the various Ethiopian landrace coffee trees on his farm, differentiating between researched coffee varieties like #74158, #74112, and #74110. Although the cost of organic certification is prohibitive for many smallholders like Bekele, he uses organic compost and agricultural residue to fertilize his trees. His experience working with both independent and cooperative-owned washing stations in Sidama has provided him with extensive knowledge of coffee processing and quality control.

To enhance the pre-drying process, Bekele has constructed shaded drying beds on his farm, allowing the natural process coffee cherries to dry gradually. His careful approach results in delightful flavor notes such as blueberry, tropical fruit, jasmine, melon, and rose in this G1 lot of quality Ethiopian green coffee.