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Ethiopia - Aramo - Washed

Ethiopia - Aramo - Washed

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FLAVOR PROFILE
Citrus, jasmine, syrup, peach tea

ORIGIN INFORMATION 
Variety:
Indigenous landraces and heirloom cultivars
Region:
Aramo municipality, Yirga Chefe district
Processing:
Washed
Crop year: 
2023
Altitude
1700 – 2200 masl
Origin type
Cooperative


BACKGROUND DETAILS

"Aramo is very old cooperative in the Yirga Chefe (Yirgacheffe) district of Ethiopia’s Gedeo zone, the epicenter of one of the most beloved terroirs in the world. Comprised of extremely small and diversified organic farmers, Aramo is one of the many individual cooperatives that make up the storied Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (YCFCU).  

Aramo Coop and Processing   
Aramo was first formed in 1968, long before fully washed coffee was even a norm in Ethiopia. The cooperative originally had 287 members; today there are almost 1600, covering 1,300 hectares of local farmland. The coop has 12 year-round management employees and a harvest staff of more than 200 to help with all the daily tasks involved with cherry intake, processing and drying, inventory, finances, record keeping, and security.  
Washed coffee at Aramo begins with freshly picked cherry delivered to the coop by member farmers. Cherry is handsorted rigorously for uniform ripeness and other imperfections before being accepted into processing, where it is then depulped, fermented overnight, washed and then soaked in fresh water the next day, and moved to raised screen beds to dry in the sun. Fully-dried parchment coffee is stored locally until it is transported to Addis Ababa, where it will be milled and packed for export in Union facilities.  

The Yirgacheffe Union 
Aramo is one of the primary cooperatives that together make up the Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (YCFCU). The Union, first established In 2002, has more than 45,000 individual farmer members and 28 different cooperatives across Gedeo Zone, almost all of which are Fair Trade certified. (Gedeo, while tiny compared to neighboring Sidama and Guji zones, is one of Ethiopia’s most densely populated areas after Addis Ababa.) The members of each primary cooperative elect their own executive committee which makes decisions about investments like new equipment and tree maintenance, but also creates plans for member social services, school support, public health, infrastructure, and how to structure payments to the coop members. YCFCU also appoints professional managers for each primary cooperative to oversee harvest and processing procedures, who are accountable to the members and the executive committee. "

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