NOTES: BEAUTIFUL RED BERRY ACIDITY, SILKY BUTTERY MOUTHFEEL, BUTTERSCOTCH AND STEWED FRUITS.

Welcome to the World of Gourmet Ethiopian Yirgacheffe Coffee from DUMERSO. The Cooperative is located in the district of Yirgacheffe. It joined the cooperatives in 2002. Currently, it has 246 Members. It has a stunning altitude between 1750-2300, Yirgacheffe coffees are renowned for there natural coffees with delicate floral and fruit brightness in the cup.

Coffee all started in Ethiopia in the 9th Century when the goat-herder Kaldi, noticed his goats acting more spritely after consuming cherries from a certain plant. Kaldi tried the cherries and noticed some of the familiar effects that we all feel when we enjoy some of the good drink in the morning. While this is a popular account of the ‘Discovery’ of coffee, there are other accounts of traders chewing cherries on trade routes from Ethiopia in order to increase energy.

Ethiopia’s history is full of dramatic changes. Over the last four decades, the Ethiopian people have lived under three different forms of government, which include a semi-feudal imperial, a military rule with Marxist ideological orientation from 1974-1991, and a federal governance system from 1991 until the present. All of these periods have been accompanied by dissatisfaction, armed resistance and rebellions.

Ethiopia has also confronted economic, social and environmental problems including a war with Eritrea from 1998-2000. This recent dispute with Eritrea as well other historical conflicts has provoked many damages, including lost lives, limited access to the land, emotional trauma, and extreme hunger.

Coffee still grows wild in Ethiopia’s mountain forests. Ethiopian farmers cultivate coffee in four different systems, which include forest coffee, semi-forest coffee, garden coffee and plantation coffee. About 98% of the coffee in Ethiopia is produced by peasants on small farms and it is the country’s most important export. Ethiopia is Africa’s third largest coffee producer. There are about 700,000 coffee smallholders in Ethiopia, of which 54 percent are in semi forest areas. Coffee has been part of their indigenous cultural traditions for more than 10 generations.

Known as the birthplace of coffee, Ethiopia is provided with coffee for export from around 1.1 million farmers.