While cherry prices were high this year, Basha maintained a very uncommon practice: delivering a second payment to the 126 producers he bought cherry from once the coffee sold. He maintains 3 drying stations around Bensa, where cherry is collected, floated, then dried for 18 days in the sun on raised beds. Before the government made it possible for smallholders to obtain export licenses, both he and his father sold their cherry to the cooperative. Basha now has his own export license and grows coffee in semi-forested plots on 12 hectares in addition to operating collection sites in Bombe, Shantawane, and Kokose—collecting cherry from producers growing coffee as high as 2,300 masl.

Basha is a Cup Of Excellence winning producer and won the 1A and 1B rankings in the competition in 2024 with the 74158 variety.

Origin: Sidama, Ethiopia
Variety: 74158
A traceable Ethiopian Landrace, know locally as ‘Walega’
Process: Natural

Our flavor notes: Creamy citrus, pink taffy, floral

Net Wt. 12oz / 340g
100% SPECIALTY GRADE ARABICA COFFEE

ROASTED AND PACKED AT HEARTWOOD ROASTERY, CHAGRIN FALLS, OH