An Interview with Ahadu Woubshet, owner of Tega & Tula Specialty Coffee Farms
Tega & Tula is one of Ethiopia’s oldest estates and an anchor relationship for Cafe Imports. Under the direction of Ahadu Woubshet since 2015, the farm has been revitalized for specialty coffee production. Last November, we had the opportunity to visit the farm during our sourcing travel and speak with Ahadu. His vision is that Tega & Tula be an exceptional Ethiopian farm. He related four principles that guide the team toward that goal: build infrastructure that is in harmony with the environment, use professional oversight to achieve operational excellence, be equitable toward all in their production chain, and take care of the community that takes care of them.
We’re honored to share Tega & Tula’s voice and coffees with you.
Earlier Posts
Ethiopia Purchase Planning
We have designed our purchase planning tools with you in mind to make buying coffee with us smoother than ever.
Ethiopia: An Update from Green Buyer Claudia Bellinzoni
For all of us that work in coffee, “Happy Near Year” directly translates to “Fresh-crop Ethiopia season” — a time to taste some of the most beautiful coffees of the year.
Holiday Ordering & Closures
Holiday Ordering Due to increased holiday shipment demands, we anticipate December to be a challenging month for LTL freight in the United States. We encourage you to order early in December in order to avoid the potential issues with delivery times later in the...
US Domestic Logistics Update
As you have probably started to see with personal parcels and other shipments, the holiday crunch in the US is already beginning. Unfortunately, coffee pallets and samples are not exempt from the challenges this time of year during a pandemic poses. We haven’t even carved pumpkins yet and we’re finding we need to factor in longer than normal delays when getting delicious coffee to you.
Update: Brazil, Logistics
Over the past few months, supply chain issues have been all over the news.
Cafe Imports will not be at SCA Expo in New Orleans.
Our team has been excitedly awaiting the opportunity to reconnect with so many friends from around the globe at this year’s expo in the wonderful city of New Orleans. Unfortunately, many of our close partners and counterparties in coffee-producing countries cannot...
Applications Are Now Open For The Ikawa Giveaway!
We are pairing up with Glitter Cat Barista and Ikawa in giving away a new Ikawa Pro100 sample roaster to support marginalized coffee professionals within our greater community.
Kenya Update 2021
In a normal February — which this is anything but — we would have staff in Nairobi with cupping spoons in hand, spending hours and hours cupping through fresh offer samples in order to put in the season’s buy plan for Kenya.
An Update on Sourcing Travel in the Time of COVID-19
To our dearest friends, exporters, cuppers, mill managers, associations, cooperatives and most of all, to the farmers, producers and caficultores of the world — we miss you.
Harvest Report: Colombia 2020
At this point, we’re all sick of updates and harvest reports that start with, “What a wild year this has been,” so we won’t make a whole production out of it: Simply put, coffee is never easy work, and these days that’s truer than almost ever before. This year has been a real test of the strength of our relationships, and while there have been a few setbacks, sadnesses, and disappointments, overall we have been shown the true power of commitments, partnerships, and of sticking together—as Cafe Imports founder and green-coffee buyer for Colombia Andrew Miller always says—through sickness and in health, in good times and bad.
Which is to say, yes, there is some bad news—but it’s not all bad, we promise. (Read on.)
Holiday Carrier Update 2020
Well, friends, it’s coming up on the winter holiday season here in the U.S.A., which means two things: One, that we’ve almost made it to the end of 2020 (hooray!), and two, that it’s time for you to mark your calendars with service interruptions from domestic freight carriers, so nothing comes between you and your delicious coffee orders.
Harvest Report: Peru 2020. Coffee finds a way…
If there’s one thing we’ve learned these past few months, it’s that coffee will most definitely find a way.
Along with our producer partners, we’ve learned to adapt to Zoom to meetings rather than zoom from place to place on airplanes, and we’ve found other ways to stay in touch and even cup together (apart). In fact, we’ve been able to find a lot of joy from seeing friendly faces on our screens—especially when they have good news to share.