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Guji Uraga

Guji is part of the Sidamo A “Coffee Growing Area” based on the Commercial Coffee Contracts from the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX). Located in the south of Ethiopia, near the Yirgacheffe region, the area is made up of twenty different administrative areas or woredas, with varying micro-climates and different altitudes. Coffees grow in small farmers backyards, known as “Garden coffee”.

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The ECX

The ECX

The Ethiopian Coffee Exchange (ECX) is the governing body of coffee in Ethiopia, which controls the sale of most coffee leaving the country. After a coffee is picked and processed, it is transported from the processing station to an ECX warehouse, where it is graded and arranged for sale through the ECX platform.

Location

Uraga

Altitude

1,950–2,300m

Varietals

Heirloom

Processing

Coffees are hand picked and sorted, before being delivered to ‘primary markets’, where they are combined into larger lots. They are then sold to processing stations, who process the coffees as natural or washed coffees

Washed coffees are typically de-pulped, dry fermented, rinsed in water channels and dried on African beds

Natural coffees are placed in whole cherries on African beds and dried in full sunlight