From the Source: Ethiopia, the Origin of Origins

Posted on May 20th, 2015

Full containers of fresh crop Ethiopian offerings have started to breach our warehouse doors!:

current US Ethiopian offeringscurrent EU Ethiopian offerings, current AU Ethiopian offerings

With much anticipation, we are excited to share with you some closer looks at where these containers started their journey.

Please enjoy these slice-of-life “From the Source” video renditions from our visit to our producing partners in Yirgacheffe this past December. We have more media from Ethiopia coming, including interviews with our YCFCU partners. Expect to see more when those coffees arrive.



Ethiopia has a highly complex coffee system, unlike that of any other origin. To help streamline the language we use in distinguishing traceability in a seemingly untraceable system, we have put together a couple regional coffee maps to give you some context. 

Ethi_Yirg_coffeemaps.jpgFor a full-res version of the Ethiopia Regional Coffee Map click here 

For a full-res version of the Yirgacheffe Micro-Region Coffee Map click here

*Please note – these maps are not an “absolute” depiction of Ethiopia’s growing regions. Our coffee mapping is a work in progress where-in discussion is encouraged. Our aim is to explore the use of maps as a tool to help refine the context we speak in regarding coffee growing regions vs. political boundaries. 

to view recent photos from our trip to Yirgacheffe during peak processing last December, click here

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