Etiopía Dimtu
Washing Station
Dimtu is one of the most technologically advanced washing stations in the Yirgacheffe region. This is because they have upgraded their infrastructure with: Pinhalense pulpers, the installation of 150 raised pallets, an experimental shading area and housing for the employees in the area.
However, this lot is from the Guji area and this is possible because logistically this washing station allows the coffee growers to come from Hambela which is located in the west of the Guji region. The coffee growers who bring coffee to Dimtu have farms from 2,100 to 2,300 meters above sea level. These high altitudes create the ideal conditions for a sweet, floral and full-bodied final cup.
Benefit
The cherries are picked at their ripeness and taken to the washing station. They are then put into the pulper and the berries are taken to the fermentation tank for 12 hours to remove the mucilage.
After these 12 hours, they are placed on raised pallets for 14 to 18 days. The berries are stirred every hour to ensure that they dry as evenly as possible.
Origin
Ethiopia is widely known as the cradle of coffee. Already in the X century, the Ethiopians crossed the mountains eating red cherries from trees of wild coffees. It is from this indigenous plant that Arabica coffee spread worldwide.
Ethiopia is the first coffee producer in Africa and the sixth in the world. This accounts for almost 70% of its export revenues and employs approximately 15 million Ethiopians. There is one main crop per year that takes place between November and February. More than half of Ethiopian coffee is produced in small plots of land around the coffee grower’s house known as the ‘coffee gardens’. Only 5% of Ethiopian coffee is produced in large estates and tend to be low altitude plantations in the west of the country. Ethiopia makes use of both processing methods, washed and unwashed, with a wide variety of varieties and cultivars producing some of the most magnificent and unique coffees in the world.
Guji is an area in the Oromia region of southern Ethiopia. The majority of the residents of this region are Oromo and speak the Oromo language, which is completely different from the main language of Ethiopia, Amharic. Like many of the coffee regions of the country, the culture of the Guji Zone varies from woreda to woreda. The main source of fresh water in the area is the Ganale Dorya River, which also acts as the border line with the neighboring Bale area to the east.
To the west, Guji borders the southern Gedeb woreda of the Gedeo Zone in neighboring South Nations, Nationalities and Popular Region, part of the Yirgacheffe coffee growing area.
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