Buno Coffee Trading is a small exporter which manages 7 washing stations in the area of Guji in Ethiopia’s southern region. With an altitude of over 2000 MASL and a wealth of young, healthy trees, Guji hosts ideal conditions for producing outstanding cup qualities. Not only this, but coffee is grown under a canopy of native shade trees and the local soil is volcanic fertile red soil.
Buno is dedicated to working with farmers between 8-15 hectares of land, which makes quality improvements far easier to implement and ensures that cherries can be separated into single-producer micro-lots. This smaller scale of produce allows for exceptional quality coffee.
Ethiopia first started exporting coffee in the 15th century. It was brought by Somali merchants to Yemen for Sufi mystics, as they drank it to concentrate better on their chanting. Today, coffee export makes up around 70% of the county's export earnings, and it is estimated that a quarter of the Ethiopian population works within the coffee industry.
Almost all coffee is grown on small farms, or ''garden coffees'' that cover less than a hectare and producing around 300kg of coffee per year. This is also one of the only countries with wild grown coffee that is harvested from native forest trees. Even the famous Geisha varietal can be found growing wild here.
Ethiopia is famous for producing incredible sun dried naturally processed coffees. However, over half of all Ethiopian coffee is processed using this method. The coffee cherry is pulped to removed the fruit, fermented and then washed.
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